I have a backup with another WISP as well, but I don't quite have enough to offer much in return.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Rick Harnish" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:01 PM To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] A Ridiculous Failure of Critical Infrastructure > We do that regularly in the Hoosier State! :) > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Mike Hammett >> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 11:33 AM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] A Ridiculous Failure of Critical Infrastructure >> >> This is where it would be nice if WISPs were friendly enough with each >> other >> in their area to interconnect their networks. >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Matt Larsen - Lists" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 1:54 AM >> To: "Telecom Regulation & the Internet" <CYBERTELECOM- >> [email protected]>; >> "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> >> Subject: [WISPA] A Ridiculous Failure of Critical Infrastructure >> >> > Some kind of combination of failure between Charter and Qwest has >> left >> > tens of thousands of people in Nebraska without Internet and has >> > disrupted the Internet and phone services for thousands more. >> Right >> > now, the outage is going on 12 hours and there is no ETA for repair >> in >> > sight. >> > >> > The word coming down is that the outage is on a Qwest fiber, but it >> > looks to me like both parties should be on the hot seat for not >> having >> > the ability to route around the problem. There was a four hour >> outage >> > on Charter a week ago that was caused by a fiber cut in Gothenburg, >> > Nebraska. >> > That one killed everything west of the cut, but it was small potatoes >> > compared to this one. Is this truly the level of performance that >> we >> > can expect from our major Internet backbone providers? It took me >> > about 10 seconds to re-route my traffic to a backup provider - you >> would >> > think that a couple of multimillion dollar companies would be able to >> > sort out a problem of this nature in a reasonable amount of time. >> The >> > small CLEC that I use for my backup connection had enough capacity to >> > route around the problem and was even able to lend me a little bit >> after >> > 5pm when the traffic on their network (mostly businesses) dropped >> off. >> > It isn't rocket science to figure out how to route around an outage. >> > >> > Almost as frustrating is that there was NO news about the outages >> > anywhere except on the social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter). >> > One TV station in Hastings, NE put up a short story on their website, >> > but I got more news from the tweets and FB posts that people where >> > posting from their cell phones than I did from anywhere else. None >> of >> > the network outage sites have any news about this. >> > >> > Could this be a harbinger of things to come? I am feeling pretty >> > thankful right now that I have a choice in backbone providers and >> that I >> > kept a second one. Diversity is a good thing, and this is a great >> > example of why we need competition and multiple options for Internet. >> > >> > Matt Larsen >> > vistabeam.com >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ----------- >> > WISPA Wants You! 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