[42853] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Points of Failure (was Re: National infrastructure asset)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Mon Sep 24 14:49:24 2001
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 15:02:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
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On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Bob Bownes wrote:
> But there was a point in time when taking out a certain parking garage
> in Va could have caused us a very great deal of difficulty. But I'd say
> we are past that, for the most part.
Are we?
When 25 Broadway failed, approximately 1% of the global Internet
routing table also disappeared. Which I would guess qualifies it
as a "major" hub.
Verizon still has 100,000 lines out of service, and only now
begun to restore service to "small" businesses.
A couple of years ago a fiber cut in Ohio disrupted about 20% of
the Internet routing table.
