[67955] in North American Network Operators' Group
How relable does the Internet need to be? (Was: Re: Converged Network Threat)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roland Perry)
Thu Feb 26 11:17:01 2004
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 15:58:47 +0000
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Roland Perry <nanog@internetpolicyagency.com>
In-Reply-To: <578F3C8F6DD3D411850600508BF320CA03A60E64@aries-exch1.uk.eu.corp.vizzavi.net>
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<578F3C8F6DD3D411850600508BF320CA03A60E64@aries-exch1.uk.eu.corp.vizzavi.
net>, "Pendergrass, Greg" <Greg.Pendergrass@vodafone.com> writes
>if you want to call an ambulance you DON'T use the internet
And you also need a way to persuade the Ambulance Service not to
terminate their calls via VoIP, or send dispatch instructions via
public-IP over GSM (or whatever) to their vehicles.
Or the IP bits need to be assured as "good enough" that it doesn't
matter.
It's perhaps three years since I heard that there was real possibility
of some of the above. That stable door may be more open than you think.
--
Roland Perry
