How relable does the Internet need to be? (Was: Re: Converged Network Threat)

Thu Feb 26 16:52:03 UTC 2004

On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 15:58:47 GMT, Roland Perry <nanog at internetpolicyagency.com>  said:

> And you also need a way to persuade the Ambulance Service not to 
> terminate their calls via VoIP, or send dispatch instructions via 
> public-IP over GSM (or whatever) to their vehicles.

We often can't get the owners of the fiber to 'fess up to the actual
physical path, when we're trying to build out diversity.

What makes you think the Ambulance Service will have the competency
to have any *clue* where their dial tone actually comes from and goes to?
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