[23533] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Network Topology
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hui-Hui Hu)
Wed Mar 24 15:04:31 1999
From: hhui@arcfour.com (Hui-Hui Hu)
To: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.Nether.net>
Cc: Victor Alba <valba@gomez.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 24 Mar 1999 11:08:39 EST."
<19990324110839.A6881@puck.nether.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 13:01:34 -0700
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
the biggest danger to the internet is not the backhoe but rather
incompetence. a stupid upstream provider can screw _you_ up bad.
(can you say route flap & damp?) finding six competent upstream
providers would be astronomically improbable. focus your efforts.
you'll be happier.
our second biggest problem is the power outage (combine with #1
and you get providers who don't test their UPSs, &c.)
rant off.
-h
: my biggest concerns would be the following:
: 1) Fiber Cuts that take out your t1's
: 2) Power Outages
: 3) Router Failures
