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Re: routing around Sprint's depeering damage


From: Adam Rothschild <asr+nanog () latency net>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 14:09:43 -0500

On 2008-11-02-10:14:14, Matthew Kaufman <matthew () eeph com> 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


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