> -----Original Message----- > From: andrew.wallace [mailto:andrew.wall...@rocketmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 5:58 PM > To: joe...@bogus.com > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: BT strike could affect internet and phone connections > > On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 1:17 AM, joel jaeggli <joe...@bogus.com> wrote: > > On 2010-05-27 10:42, andrew.wallace wrote: > >> > >> Look at it from an attackers point of view. If you're thinking about > >> carrying out an electronic jihad of some kind when is the best time? > >> A normal working day or during an engineers strike that only happens > >> once every 23 years? > > > > Not to put to fine a point on it, a normal working day is the best > time to > > strike if you want to maximize the value of your attack. > > The point I'm getting at is this strike of this nature is a threat to > national security and the internet is supposed to be classed as > critical infrastructure, so shouldn't it be against the law for them to > strike? >
Sounds to me like the best defense the UK could implement would be fostering competition with BT. BT goes on strike, customers move elsewhere, life goes on.
