Krebs on Security booted off Akamai network after DDoS attack proves pricey

Tue Sep 27 15:49:52 UTC 2016

* Roland Dobbins:

> On 27 Sep 2016, at 12:17, Sam Silvester wrote:
>
>> or call their electricity retailer/distributer
>
> This is the problematic case that is, unfortunately, the default.
>
> People tend to view anything related to 'the Internet' as a utility,
> and for consumers and SMBs, they typically have a single provider,
> just as they typically do for electricity and water.

Most people over here have at least two providers of water and
Internet (although the second one is perhaps sufficient for brushing
your teeth, but certainly not for a shower or a bath).