[155328] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Verizon FiOS - is BGP an option?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Sun Aug 5 00:16:27 2012
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <acnrorynertdrnydyuvbe4qg.1344134558052@email.android.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 21:12:55 -0700
To: Peter Kristolaitis <alter3d@alter3d.ca>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
I've never met a dog properly trained in ACLS and I'm pretty sure that a =
gun isn't even useful for BLS.
Owen
On Aug 4, 2012, at 7:53 PM, Peter Kristolaitis <alter3d@alter3d.ca> =
wrote:
> Considering that none of the services that can be dispatched by 911 =
are legally required to help you in most North American jurisdictions =
(i.e. if you call 911 and the police don't respond until they finish =
eating their box of donuts, they're not criminally or civilly liable), =
having working 911 services really doesn't guarantee you anything. Most =
security monitoring companies have contracts that are completely =
worthless and guarantee nothing as well. =20
>=20
> If you're depending on 911 for life safety and property protection, =
I'd recommend revising that plan to include a dog and/or gun. :-) =20
>=20
> - Pete
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> Nathan Eisenberg <nathan@atlasnetworks.us> wrote:
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>>> Residences aren't critical infrastructure, no matter how angry the =
owners get.
>>=20
>> 911 access isn't a critical service? Fire and security panels aren't =
critical services?
>>=20
>> If basic life safety and property protection aren't critical =
services, I'm not sure what is. These are peoples' lives and families =
and homes. There is nothing - repeat, nothing - more important than =
that. It is absolutely a critical service.
>>=20
>> Nathan Eisenberg
>>=20
>>=20
