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Re: routing around Sprint's depeering damage

  • From: Adam Rothschild
  • Date: Sun Nov 02 14:11:25 2008 
On 2008-11-02-10:14:14, Matthew Kaufman <[email protected]> wrote:
> But seriously, it shouldn't be necessary to have two connections at 
> work [...]

This is less than clear, and largely dependent on a specific
organization's [in]ability to function if their internets go down.
End-site multihoming in some form or fashion is a growing requirement,
and folk thinking otherwise need to get their heads out of sand.

If anything, these recent de-peerings underscore the lack of wisdom in
end users connecting to (or purchasing CDN services from) members
of the tier 1 club directly.

-a