North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Level 3 statement concerning 2/23 events (nothing to see, movealong)
So cmon, forget the statement, anyone know what actually happened.. ? Steve On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Pete Templin wrote: > > > Are you sure no one died as a result? My hobby is volunteering as a > firefighter and EMT. If Level3's network sits between a dispatch center > or mobile data terminal and a key resource, it could be a factor > (hospital status website, hazardous materials action guide, VoIP link > that didn't reroute because the control plane was happy but the > forwarding plane was sad, etc.). > > And if the problem could happen to another network tomorrow but could be > prevented or patched, wouldn't inquiring minds want to know? Your life > might be more interesting when the fit hits the shan if you have the > same vulnerability. > > Colin Neeson wrote: > > > > > Because, in the the grand scale scheme of things, it's really not that > > important. > > > > No one died because of it, the normal, everyday events of the world went > > on, > > unaffected by a Level 3 outage... > > > > Might be nice to know what happened, but my life will certainly not be > > less interesting by not having that knowledge... > >
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