[11035] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: DC fiber cut: field report
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adrian J Bool)
Fri Jul 18 16:43:45 1997
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 20:51:36 +0100 (BST)
From: Adrian J Bool <aid@u-net.net>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199707181859.LAA21273@dixon.DeLong.SJ.CA.US>
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On Fri, 18 Jul 1997, Owen DeLong wrote:
> The thing that doesn't make sense to me in all of this is that SONET
> is supposed to be built as RINGS. With a Service side and a Protect side
> to each switch. BIFF should, in theory, only take out one or the other,
> but not both. WHY, with what we pay these carriers every month, do they
> not divergent-path route these critical wide-area links so that this isn't
> fatal?
I suppose because you account for about 0.0001% of their total revenue.
Hey, youre lucky for our accountabilty you could shove a few extra naughts
in the middle ;-(
At the end of the day, are you going to cancel all your circuits with
them? I doubt it - I have been tempted with certian telcos but the cost
and hassle, all *after* the downtime has occured ain't always worth it. I
bet the telcos are betting on that.
Regards & Good luck with your diveristy!
aid
