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Re: routing around Sprint's depeering damage

  • From: Justin M. Streiner
  • Date: Mon Nov 03 09:17:14 2008
On Sun, 2 Nov 2008, Matthew Kaufman wrote:

Ah yes, I suspect we can get all the network operators here to agree that any customer of another ISP should buy a second connection "just in case". Maybe this breakage will turn out to be the best way for everyone to double their customer base overnight.

But seriously, it shouldn't be necessary to have two connections at work, two connections at home, two connections for each mobile device, just to ensure that when large providers stop working together you can still reach what you need to reach.

No, but the providers who provide those connections should be multihomed. If they're not, I'd consider switching providers. Simple as that.

jms