COVID-19 vs. our Networks

Fri Mar 20 15:54:00 UTC 2020

I have neither the time, nor the inclination to do so for people that are not likely to be persuaded to change their position. 

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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 

Midwest Internet Exchange 

The Brothers WISP 

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From: "Keith Medcalf" <kmedcalf at dessus.com> 
To: "NANOG" <nanog at nanog.org> 
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 10:35:57 AM 
Subject: RE: COVID-19 vs. our Networks 

On Friday, 20 March, 2020 07:52, Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote: 

>Some of the pipes Netflix goes through is also used by other services 
>that aren't as adaptable. 

Can you explain why you think that is Netflix problem? 

I should think that it is a problem being experienced by persons who deliberately chose to accept the risk that Internet congestion may be a problem for the path upon which they have deliberately chosen to embark. That Risk might now come to fruition and those persons should be activating their pre-planned mitigation. If their pre-planned mitigation was "well, Netflix can shut down", then they had (hopefully) defective mitigation planning. Perhaps in the future they will do a better job of assessing Risk and mitigating that Risk. 

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The fact that there's a Highway to Hell but only a Stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume. 

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