COVID-19 vs. our Networks

Thu Mar 19 17:31:17 UTC 2020

I don’t agree with your reading of this that applies downstream congestion
issues to your TSP codes circuit. But I will not continue to debate the
point.

On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 13:22 Mike Bolitho <mikebolitho at gmail.com> wrote:

> *Restoration:*
>
> *The repair or returning to service of one or more telecommunications
> services that have experienced a service outage or are unusable for any
> reason, including a damaged or impaired telecommunications facility. Such
> repair or returning to service may be done by patching, rerouting,
> substitution of component parts or pathways, and other means, as determined
> necessary by a service vendor.*
>
>
> https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/OEC%20TSP%20Operations%20Guide%20Final%2012062016_FINAL%20508C.pdf
>
>
> My understanding, and what we did while I worked for a Tier I ISP, was
> that even for degraded circuits we had to do everything in our power to
> restore to full operations. If capacity is an issue and causes TSP coded
> DIA circuits to be unusable then that falls under the "any reason" clause
> of that line.
>
>
> - Mike Bolitho
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 10:05 AM Tom Beecher <beecher at beecher.cc> wrote:
>
>> Yes, you have said that. I still believe you are incorrect.
>>
>> TSP allows priority for turnup of new capacity , and priority restoration
>> for capacity. There is nothing in the regulations that I can find that
>> would allow TSP to be used to rectify general internet congestion issues.
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 12:53 PM Mike Bolitho <mikebolitho at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I've said it over and over again, we have TSP and it could easily be
>>> used to enforce priority to emergency preparedness customers. It's built
>>> into the language.
>>>
>>> - Mike Bolitho
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 9:52 AM Tom Beecher <beecher at beecher.cc> wrote:
>>>
>>>> EU regulations with such things are vastly different than in the US.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 12:08 PM Mike Bolitho <mikebolitho at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I was getting blasted earlier for suggesting streaming services and
>>>>> gaming DLCs could likely be slowed by government intervention. EU is
>>>>> currently working with Netflix to do just that. It's currently a strong
>>>>> suggestion and even a plead but I maintain that we're going to see this
>>>>> pushed harder in the coming weeks.
>>>>>
>>>>> In a statement on Thursday, Breton said that given the unprecedented
>>>>> situation, streaming platforms, telecom operators and users "all have a
>>>>> joint responsibility to take steps to ensure the smooth functioning of the
>>>>> internet during the battle against the virus propagation."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/tech/netflix-internet-overload-eu/index.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> - Mike Bolitho
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 5:03 AM Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 19/Mar/20 04:35, Scott Weeks wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > We do about 70-80Gbps at peak over the external
>>>>>> > BGP links we have and I am not seeing a large
>>>>>> > increase nor am I seeing it spread out over time.
>>>>>> > We're an eyeball network plus some really large
>>>>>> > customers.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Anyone else seeing something different?  We're
>>>>>> > now into the 3rd day, so I thought I'd see
>>>>>> > something change by now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> South Africa and a few other African countries put countries on
>>>>>> semi-lockdown from about Sunday.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We've seen a 15% increase in peak traffic on our network since the
>>>>>> 17th.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mark.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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