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| It could be worse ... really! Being in the Southeastern part of the US one dominent telco is BellSouth. Their ISP, BellSouth Internet Services, uses UUNET for their backhaul. Many other large ISPs also use UUNET for their backhaul, too. The consequential effects in a loss of UUNET service could easily compromise a significant number broadband end users, including all +700K ADSL customers riding Bellsouth infrastructure.
Be afraid, very, very, afraid.
And in other less amusing news, what I had targeted as a replacement provider to be Adelphia ... well, they screwed the pooch, too. So, who will be there to actually turn that dark fiber into working fiber Adelphia just ran down my street? Probably no one and especially not Bellsouth as they already have fiber running down my street! | |
 RR ConductorHappy 40th AmtrakPremium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
kudos:1 | Why is something as important to our nation as the Internet backbone in private hands, let alone the hands of crooks like these? I can see it now "Mr.President, we can't get a hold of Mr.Putin, what?!! says the President, uhh, sir, the Internet is bankrupt"
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| Most of the Internet is in private hands. Most of the servers, the backbone, the fiber, the ISP's, you name it, are all private property (or public company property) I really don't think the Government has much of a hand in the Internet anymore.
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 banditws6Shrinking Time and DistancePremium
join:2001-08-18
Frisco, TX
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to HAHAnot
I hear what you're saying on UUNet. They provide not only the frame relay to my company's local office in Florida, but also the backbone connection to our web farm in Georgia. Our business is Internet-driven and our clients need access to those websites. I don't think UUNet pipes will simply be shut off, but it's creepy to think of the far-reaching impact should that happen.
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