Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

[Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc>]

I don’t agree with your reading of this that applies downstream congestion
issues to your TSP codes circuit. But I will not continue to debate the
point.

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 13:22 Mike Bolitho <mikebolitho () gmail com> wrote:

> *Restoration:*
>
> *The repair or returning to service of one or more telecommunications
> services that have experienced a service outage or are unusable for any
> reason, including a damaged or impaired telecommunications facility. Such
> repair or returning to service may be done by patching, rerouting,
> substitution of component parts or pathways, and other means, as determined
> necessary by a service vendor.*
>
>
> https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/OEC%20TSP%20Operations%20Guide%20Final%2012062016_FINAL%20508C.pdf
>
>
> My understanding, and what we did while I worked for a Tier I ISP, was
> that even for degraded circuits we had to do everything in our power to
> restore to full operations. If capacity is an issue and causes TSP coded
> DIA circuits to be unusable then that falls under the "any reason" clause
> of that line.
>
>
> - Mike Bolitho
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 10:05 AM Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc> wrote:
>
> > Yes, you have said that. I still believe you are incorrect.
> >
> > TSP allows priority for turnup of new capacity , and priority restoration
> > for capacity. There is nothing in the regulations that I can find that
> > would allow TSP to be used to rectify general internet congestion issues.
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 12:53 PM Mike Bolitho <mikebolitho () gmail com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I've said it over and over again, we have TSP and it could easily be
> > > used to enforce priority to emergency preparedness customers. It's built
> > > into the language.
> > >
> > > - Mike Bolitho
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 9:52 AM Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc> wrote:
> > >
> > > > EU regulations with such things are vastly different than in the US.
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 12:08 PM Mike Bolitho <mikebolitho () gmail com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I was getting blasted earlier for suggesting streaming services and
> > > > > gaming DLCs could likely be slowed by government intervention. EU is
> > > > > currently working with Netflix to do just that. It's currently a strong
> > > > > suggestion and even a plead but I maintain that we're going to see this
> > > > > pushed harder in the coming weeks.
> > > > >
> > > > > In a statement on Thursday, Breton said that given the unprecedented
> > > > > situation, streaming platforms, telecom operators and users "all have a
> > > > > joint responsibility to take steps to ensure the smooth functioning of the
> > > > > internet during the battle against the virus propagation."
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/tech/netflix-internet-overload-eu/index.html
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > - Mike Bolitho
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 5:03 AM Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom mu>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On 19/Mar/20 04:35, Scott Weeks wrote:
> > > > > > > We do about 70-80Gbps at peak over the external
> > > > > > > BGP links we have and I am not seeing a large
> > > > > > > increase nor am I seeing it spread out over time.
> > > > > > > We're an eyeball network plus some really large
> > > > > > > customers.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Anyone else seeing something different?  We're
> > > > > > > now into the 3rd day, so I thought I'd see
> > > > > > > something change by now.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > South Africa and a few other African countries put countries on
> > > > > > semi-lockdown from about Sunday.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We've seen a 15% increase in peak traffic on our network since the
> > > > > > 17th.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Mark.