[Outages-discussion] [outages] Comcast/Xfinity outage

[Bryan Holloway]

On 6/5/20 12:23 AM, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Frank Bulk" <frnkblk at iname.com>
> 
>> Hard to believe a truck going down an alley took out several states, but that’s
>> what these articles appear to indicate:
>>
>> https://week.com/2020/06/03/comcast-down-throughout-the-area/
>>
>> https://www.wcia.com/news/internet-outage-hits-midwest/
> 
> This seems like an excellent time to revisit the difficulty any end-user
> customer has getting physical routings out of their carrier, so they can
> manage their own physical diversity; I've always sort of assumed it was just
> to hide the fact carriers don't themselves know what goes where anymore.
> 
> Cheers,
> -- jra
> 

And just because a carrier gives you an actual (and believable) DLR when 
you buy, it doesn't mean that said DLR will stay the same during the 
length of the contract.