Curiosity about AS3356 L3/CenturyLink network resiliency (in general)

Mon May 21 16:10:51 UTC 2018

I would go as far as to say that Tier 1 is a derogatory designation, but 
I have a beef with Cogent because they're expecting otherwise Tier 1 
IPv6 ISP Hurricane Electric to bow to the altar of Cogent.

On 05/20/2018 15:19, Mark Tinka wrote:
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> On 20/May/18 09:16, Baldur Norddahl wrote:
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>> The question was if downtime on a transit provider of many hours is
>> unacceptable. I am offering my experience that this happens to all of
>> them. Some of them can have problems that last days not hours. Do not
>> ever assume that a so called "tier 1" network is good as your only
>> transit.
> And that is where the sage advice is...
>
> Just because they are "large", "global", "transit-free",
> "international", "Tier this or Tier that", don't think they are beyond
> fault. And more importantly, don't allow your customers to assume they
> are beyond fault, just because you aren't them.
>
> Take control of your situation, especially if you can.
>
> Mark.