On 02/23/11 21:13, Jeremy Austin wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Scott A. Johnson
> <scott.a.johnson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I could see this emergency plan being of greater need before we got
>> route diversity to the lower 48, but now there's what - at least five
>> fiber lines running to the lower 48? ACS and GCI both have two, and
>> Alascom has at least one or two. We'd have to have multiple lines cut
>> at the same time, AND the carrier's business continuity routes also
>> fail (i.e. satellite or a competitor's cable). Frankly if that
>> happens even if we had a server parked in Alaska not everyone on the
>> LUG would potentially not be able to reach the mail server due to the
>> same cut cables.
>>
>> Now, this does happen. I think it was in 2006 that two cables got cut
>> at the same time (I think it was the AK Fiber Star now ACS' cable, but
>> I could be wrong) once along the railroad and the other down in the
>> Copper Center area that caused route diversity to fail. But even then
>> the carrier's BCP kicked in and they turned on some peering with their
>> competition or some satellite circuits or something.
>>
>> Bottom line, great idea, could be very useful, but lots of work to get
>> it up and running and significant hurdles to overcome for what is a
>> low probability event.
>
> I agree, route diversity is the key. I'm in the unenviable position,
> however, of living in what is, for practical purposes, a one-ISP area.
> I do maintain multiple uplinks to said ISP, and an empty satellite
> dish for=85 emergencies. Haven't had to use it though, not since that
> double fiber cut.
>
> Which brings us back to the previous on-list discussions of ISP peering.
>
> jermudgeon
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"Empty" satellite dish for emergencies? What do you mean? Is there a way
to have a satellite Internet service available in an emergency without
paying a monthly fee for regular service?
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