[outages] [Outages-discussion] [Fwd: Re: Internet outages in Mediterranean.]

[Jay R. Ashworth]

----- "Frank Bulk" <frnkblk at iname.com> wrote:
> The ones who make the decisions know that SONET/SONET-like redundancy
> can be purchased, or architected.  It's another example of where economic
> factors are encouraging those buyers not to make those purchase decisions. 
> Not to say that all the future costs are properly accounted for, just that
> the people who purchase the capacity and "care" could choose to spend
> their dollars for redundant transport.
> 
> In fact, it would be best if a few more failures occurred so that
> those who didn't properly assess the impact of outages to their business can
> make those adjustments.

We are *well* past the point where we need to go back to making Internet
backbone architecture design decisions on an engineering, rather than a
financial basis.

Public corporations clearly can be trusted only to do that which the 
business environment and laws demand: Maximize Shareholder Value.

That is almost *never* the same as Maximizing the Public Good.

Unless we fix the first, we must regulate to achieve the second.

This is a recording<tm>.

Cheers,
-- jra
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