[41161] in North American Network Operators' Group
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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Barak)
Thu Aug 30 11:40:24 2001
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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 08:39:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Barak <thegameiam@yahoo.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Cc: spork@inch.com, cmartin@gnilink.net, smd@clock.org
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Charles Sprickman wrote:
>The internet is different now, there's no
>comparison to what it was in '94 or '96. Those
>episodes were more
>embarrasments than anything else. Would UUNet or ATT
>or Genuity think
>twice about upgrading routers if there was impending
>danger of a lack of
>memory or cpu?
In this market, with capital expenditures WAY down, I
would expect non-upgrade solutions to be more likely.
>Can a small ISP in Florida still clobber the whole
>internet? Learning experiences, that's all...
You'd be surprised at the number of substantive ISPs
who can be impacted by customer mistakes...
David Barak
"Quis custodes ipsos custodiet?" - Juvenal
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