Comments on: Taking Down the Internet http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/02/04/taking-down-the-internet/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:05:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: zaxim http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/02/04/taking-down-the-internet/#comment-271 zaxim Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:10:29 +0000 http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2008/02/04/taking-down-the-internet/#comment-271 This outage actually affected me recently. I was having terrible connection speeds trying to talk to my dad in Saudi Arabia over Skype (insecure in itself :) ) But I think one of the best points you make is about redundancy. I really have no idea why they haven't moved towards more satelite connectivity, because fiber optic cables are a ***** to repair, especially underwater. This outage actually affected me recently. I was having terrible connection speeds trying to talk to my dad in Saudi Arabia over Skype (insecure in itself :) )

But I think one of the best points you make is about redundancy. I really have no idea why they haven’t moved towards more satelite connectivity, because fiber optic cables are a ***** to repair, especially underwater.

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