[82292] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: London incidents
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay R. Ashworth)
Mon Jul 11 16:34:09 2005
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 16:31:37 -0400
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@baylink.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <p06200714bef7f564efc4@[10.0.1.3]>; from Brad Knowles <brad@stop.mail-abuse.org> on Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 12:16:34PM +0200
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 12:16:34PM +0200, Brad Knowles wrote:
> I don't know the specifics of how much capacity is reserved, but
> this sort of thing has been done on telecommunications networks for a
> long time. Back before cell phones existed, you could have "flash"
> traffic on the DDN or even the PSTN, and when placing a flash call
> the phone system would disconnect anyone that stood in your way of
> getting the connection you wanted.
>
> You had to be using special telephone equipment, or connected to
> a special operator with the right equipment, and you had damn well
> better be sure that your call was worthy of knocking anyone else off
> the network, but the capability was there. Even the President would
> normally make his calls at lower than "flash" priority.
See also http://tsp.ncs.gov/ and http://wps.ncs.gov/ , as well as
http://www.disa.mil/gs/dsn/tut_mlpp.html and
http://www.disa.mil/gs/dsn/tut_precedence.html which explain those Fo,
F, I and P keys on AutoVON 16-button WECo 2500s.
Cheers,
-- jra
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