North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: DC fiber cut: field report
On Fri, 18 Jul 1997, Owen DeLong wrote: > The thing that doesn't make sense to me in all of this is that SONET > is supposed to be built as RINGS. With a Service side and a Protect side > to each switch. BIFF should, in theory, only take out one or the other, > but not both. WHY, with what we pay these carriers every month, do they > not divergent-path route these critical wide-area links so that this isn't > fatal? I suppose because you account for about 0.0001% of their total revenue. Hey, youre lucky for our accountabilty you could shove a few extra naughts in the middle ;-( At the end of the day, are you going to cancel all your circuits with them? I doubt it - I have been tempted with certian telcos but the cost and hassle, all *after* the downtime has occured ain't always worth it. I bet the telcos are betting on that. Regards & Good luck with your diveristy! aid
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