[12015] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Multiple fiber carriers (was Re: Netrail woes)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Stratton)
Tue Aug 26 22:15:09 1997
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 22:01:02 +0000 (GMT)
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@netrail.net>
To: Sean Donelan <SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <970826182526.13e04@SDG.DRA.COM>
On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, Sean Donelan wrote:
> Backhoes and other physical disruptions usually have a nice random
> distribution modulo the fact that backhoes are often used in right-of-ways.
> With the right statistical model, and enough money most folks can come
> up with a survivable plan for typical physical disruptions. On the other
> hand, Tech errors are more worrisome, mainly because techs tend to be working
> near your most vulnerable points, the nodes that handle failover.
> --
> Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
> Affiliation given for identification not representation
Vary true, just ask Worldcom. The big outage near LA was caused by a
Worldcom tech who had layouts of where the fiber was.
Nathan Stratton President, CTO, NetRail,Inc.
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