Fiber cut in SF area

Tue Apr 14 22:42:30 UTC 2009

Gino Villarini wrote:
> Here in my area most of business outfits that require maximum
> availability of Internet or WAN conenctions have implemented dual
> connections from dual providers, most with a fiber/copper main and a
> fixed wireless backup.  This trend goes from banks to Mcdonalds  
>
>
> Gino A. Villarini
> gav at aeronetpr.com
> Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp.
> tel  787.273.4143   fax   787.273.4145
>
>   
A large company in the affected area had a T3 supplied by AT&T and a
wireless link to another ISP that was fed by two metro-ethernet links by
companies other than AT&T.

All three uplinks were lost.  So much for having backups,