Re: [TCLUG:15025] ilec/clec wars

[Bob Tanner <tanner@real-time.com>]

Quoting Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net):
> I seem to remember a "mis-configured backup" that failed a couple years
> ago when some bums set a USWest fiber trunk on fire under the washington
> street bridge, cutting off most of the MN/UofM internet access for 26
> hours.  sounds like they need to do more testing.  (there was a
> non-functional backup on the 4th street bridge)

Yeah, that was it. Again, primary and redundant links in the same space. I
stand on my backhoe premise.
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