Re: US hunters shoot down Google fibre

2010-09-21 Thread Reese
yet to read anything that convinces me that it was not corporate sabotage. My point was not that wires and insulators do not get shot or shot at, but that "hunters" was a convenient excuse that other things could be too-conveniently classified with. Who, here, hunts? Shoot at wires and insulators on towers, do you? Reese

Re: US hunters shoot down Google fibre

2010-09-21 Thread Reese
irresponsible hunters. To be fair, some shooters are irresponsible, but deliberate sabotage cannot be ruled out with only the information currently available. Reese

Convenience or slippery slope... or something else?

2010-09-10 Thread Reese
s? Is it a gimmick? Reese

Re: Google wants your Internet to be faster

2010-08-09 Thread Reese
ken to a musical backdrop? The current crop of youts will not hesitate once. The Verizon is probably just a private peering agreement, and someone misinterpreted that (or deliberately misrepresented it). Or it was supposed to be a secret. G was still denying any sort of agreement with V, last I heard. Reese

Re: Ready to get your federal computer license?

2009-08-31 Thread Reese
son, okay. I'll consult Google. Thank you, Reese

Re: Ready to get your federal computer license?

2009-08-31 Thread Reese
valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:59:34 +1000, Jeff Young said: Having met more than a few people in government IT, all jokes aside, I think they're pretty well equipped to know when and if they need to disconnect from the Internet, even without an executive order. Departm

Re: [inquiry] Internet/cell in Teheran down?

2009-06-13 Thread Reese
at it was unplugged or turned off, not that it is down. Or, is there another Operator's Group for that world region? Maybe the discussion simply hasn't filtered over yet. Reese

Re:

2009-01-12 Thread Reese
I once had a legitimate difficulty and posted to this list as a direct result. As I was moderated at the time, my post was denied with the provided reason that it was not appropriate for this list. An attempt to identify the source ISP of a troublesome IP was not "appropriate" but the below (and e