COVID-19 vs. our Networks

Sat Mar 14 18:01:48 UTC 2020

First of all, we use a mixture of layer 2/3 private lines and DIA circuits.
You don't know our infrastructure, stop being condescending. It goes
against the spirit of this mailing list.

Second, yes, the Internet is protected. Both public and private lines. I
know this because we have TSP coded circuits and I spent four years at a
Tier I ISP servicing TSP coded circuits

Third, the trouble we had was a third party service having congestion
issues. They are hosted by the same CDN as Call of Duty. The problem was
both outside of our control and our third party service's control. The
chokepoint was between ISPs/IXPs and the CDN. I've seen this time and time
again while working at the aforementioned ISP. Saturated links on
ISP/IXP/CDN networks. This is where the TSP code comes in. In this day and
age of cloud services, it is financially unfeasible for every company to
have a private line to every single cloud provider. That's preposterous to
even suggest.

- Mike Bolitho

On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 10:40 AM Clayton Zekelman <clayton at mnsi.net> wrote:

>
>
> The Internet is not a telecommunications service, according to your FCC.
> If you want predictability, buy WAN circuits, not Internet circuits.   If
> your provider is co-mingling Internet and WAN traffic (i.e. circuits with
> defined endpoints vs. public Internet or VPN), then you need to talk to
> them about their prioritization.
>
> If you have mission critical applications, put them on mission critical
> infrastructure, not the public Internet.
>
> Oh, that's right - Internet circuits are cheaper than WAN circuits
>

Clayton Zekelman
Managed Network Systems Inc. (MNSi)
3363 Tecumseh Rd. E
Windsor, Ontario
N8W 1H4

tel. 519-985-8410
fax. 519-985-8409
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