Re: Fiber cut in SF area

Gino Villarini wrote:

Here in my area most of business outfits that require maximum availability of Internet or WAN conenctions have implemented dual connections from dual providers, most with a fiber/copper main and a fixed wireless backup. This trend goes from banks to Mcdonalds

Gino A. Villarini gav@aeronetpr.com Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145

A large company in the affected area had a T3 supplied by AT&T and a wireless link to another ISP that was fed by two metro-ethernet links by companies other than AT&T. All three uplinks were lost. So much for having backups,