[86140] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Level3 problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gary Hale)
Mon Oct 24 09:36:43 2005
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 09:12:52 -0400
From: "Gary Hale" <ghale@globalinternetworking.com>
To: "Alex Rubenstein" <alex@nac.net>
Cc: <lgreenem@cmp.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Hmmm ... I suppose I would prefer this community not be made an explicit
source of information for a reporter. Implicitly, if reporters must hang
off this thread, they should be able to discern impact from perspective
given here. However, if questions like the one(s) asked below became
"standard" on this thread, then soon the function of the group slants to
something other than a forum to aid (each other) in the proper
"management" of the affairs of Network Operators ... and may morph into
something far less useful.
No intention to "scare" ...=20
-gh
-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Rubenstein [mailto:alex@nac.net]=20
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 1:43 PM
To: Gary Hale
Cc: lgreenem@cmp.com; nanog@merit.edu
Subject: RE: Level3 problems
Gary,
I understand your statement, but I am sure the gentleman below does not.
If you want a story to be done, so that the world can see how something=20
like this can impact thousands of businesses, the best bet would be to=20
help educate this guy so that he has something to write.
Are, were you trying to scare him off from doing a story?
Personally, I am quote fed up with the issues that the huge providers
have=20
and cause, yet never have anyone document it, find out about it, or do=20
anything about it. I laud this guys effort for actually trying to do his
job and expose something that needs to be exposed.
I am now putting on my level-3 bullet proof jacket, and will be looking=20
over my shoulder for the next 3 NANOGs.
On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Gary Hale wrote:
>
> Are you kidding?
>
> -gh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf
Of
> lgreenem@cmp.com
> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 11:03 AM
> To: nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Re: Level3 problems
>
>
> I'm a reporter with InformationWeek magazine. I'm trying to get an
idea
> of the
> significance of this morning's outage. Has Level 3 communicated with
you
> about
> the cause of the outage? How greatly did the outage affect you or your
> customers? Was this an unusually large event?
> Thanks,
> lgreenem@cmp.com
>
--=20
Alex Rubenstein, AR97, K2AHR, alex@nac.net, latency, Al Reuben
Net Access Corporation, 800-NET-ME-36, http://www.nac.net
