an over-the-top data center

[Charles Wyble]

Deepak Jain wrote:
>> I bet the military or emergency services can establish a 10km fiber
>> stretch in a few hours. Replacing some telecom hw and set it up from
>> scratch would probably take weeks (I'm not talking about a single
>> router
>> here).
>>     
>
> But we aren't talking about the military here, are we? We are talking about an ISP on an ISP forum. 
>   

Yes.... but in a disaster scenario where critical communication links 
are down the military would respond and reestablish the links, if for 
nothing else to re establish situational awareness for themselves.