[97832] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Level(3) faux paux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Neil J. McRae)
Thu Jul 12 02:22:19 2007
From: "Neil J. McRae" <neil@domino.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:14:48 +0100
To: "Security Admin (NetSec)" <secadmin@netsecdesign.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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Maybe level 3 have more vocal or higher profile customer base? Personally s=
peaking I've found level 3 to have outstanding service and network availibi=
lity.
Neil. =0A=
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From: Security Admin (NetSec) <secadmin@netsecdesign.com>
Sent: 12 July 2007 06:56
To: nanog@merit.edu <nanog@merit.edu>
Subject: Level(3) faux paux
I have noticed that Level(3) misconfigs/outages seem to happen more frequen=
tly than with most other Tier 1=92s.=A0 Am unsure whether or not this is a =
mis-statement, but based on NANOG posts, Level(3) [AS3356] seems to show up=
more often with issues than say Sprint [AS1239].=A0 Is their any one (or a=
ny coporation) that keeps track of outages such as these?=A0 Would think it=
might be a good thing to know for proper mulit-homing relationships to min=
imize the type of outage that Yahoo faced=85
=A0
SecAdmin (aka Edward Ray)=
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yle=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT:Normal;">Maybe leve=
l 3 have more vocal or higher profile customer base? Personally speaking I'=
ve found level 3 to have outstanding service and network availibility.<br><=
br>Neil. </span><br><br><hr><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahom=
a; font-weight:bold">From: </span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family=
:Tahoma; font-weight:normal;">Security Admin (NetSec) <secadmin@netsecde=
sign.com></span><br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; fo=
nt-weight:bold">Sent: </span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Taho=
ma; font-weight:normal;">12 July 2007 06:56</span><br><span style=3D"font-s=
ize:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:bold">To: </span><span style=3D"fo=
nt-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma; font-weight:normal;">nanog@merit.edu <n=
anog@merit.edu></span><br><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Taho=
ma; font-weight:bold">Subject: </span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-fa=
mily:Tahoma; font-weight:normal;">Level(3) faux paux</span><br><br><div cla=
ss=3D"Section1"><p class=3D"MsoNormal">I have noticed that Level(3) misconf=
igs/outages seem to happen more frequently than with most other Tier 1=92s.=
Am unsure whether or not this is a mis-statement, but based on NANOG=
posts, Level(3) [AS3356] seems to show up more often with issues than say =
Sprint [AS1239]. Is their any one (or any coporation) that keeps trac=
k of outages such as these? Would think it might be a good thing to k=
now for proper mulit-homing relationships to minimize the type of outage th=
at Yahoo faced=85<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p=
><p class=3D"MsoNormal">SecAdmin (aka Edward Ray)<o:p></o:p></p></div></bod=
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