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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Down under NANOG: Telstra problems and root servers
On 21 Nov 2000, Sean Donelan wrote: > In addition the the previously reported cable cut, several folks have > written about a fire at an electrical substation cut power for much of eastern Sydney, the location of a major Telstra server facility. As far as I can > tell, the fire had little affect on Telstra's servers because backup > generators were in place. > > Although Telstra is the dominant ISP (and telephone company) in Australia, > there are other ISPs using other facilities which were not affected by the > cable cut. > > So, if a root server was placed in Australia, to whom's network should > it be attached. Would OPTUS and Telstra cooperate and jointly provide > connectivity and diversity? Or is the most connected place in the > asia-pacific region still the west coast of the US? Not speaking for my employer (one of the 'other ISPs'), I expect that with the way things are set up here currently, that some independent group that ran it under contract (to whom?) and multi-homed to major ISPs, probably located in Sydney, although there is (or should I say was ;-) a fair bit of international connectivity out of Perth, would be the most likely outcome. -- Chris Chaundy (Director - Network Services) connect.com.au pty ltd, Level 9, 114 Albert Rd, Sth Melbourne, VIC 3205, Aust. Internet: [email protected] Phone: +61 3 9251-3671 Fax: +61 3 9251-3666
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