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The Status of Routing Reform — How Fragile is the Internet?

Posted by timothy on from the hopefully-comcast-is-not-the-standard-bearer dept.

crimeandpunishment points out the Associated Press's look (as carried by SkunkPost) "at an issue the government has been aware of for more than 20 years, but still isn't fixed and continues to cause Internet outages: a flaw in the routing system that sends data from carrier to carrier. Most outages are innocent and fixed quickly, but there's growing concern the next one could be devastating. A general manager at Renesys Corporation, which tracks the performance of Internet data routes, says, 'It amazes me every day when I get into work and find it's working.'"

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  1. Fix the plumbing by cosm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Seeing as Al Gore invented the internet and all, I presume this 'Inconvenient Truth' could be fixed by a consortium of Ted Stevens, Gore, and some good tube management.

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    1. Re:Fix the plumbing by Ihmhi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I showed your mom some good tube management last night.

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