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Re: Coverage of the .to internet outage
by Joel M Snyder 21 Jan '22

21 Jan '22

Got an Intelsat press release which may be of interest to folks following the situation in Tonga. I wish I could include just a URL, but they sent it to be as text so I am including the full thing: ------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 21, 2022 Intelsat and Partners Bring Emergency Connectivity to Tonga McLean, Va. – Intelsat, operator of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network, in cooperation with Telstra and Spark deployed emergency communications services to support humanitarian aid to Tonga and the archipelago for Digicel Tonga and Tonga Communications Corporation. The undersea volcano, Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai, erupted on Jan. 15, 40 miles north of Tonga’s capital, Nuku’alofa. The volcanic explosion and subsequent tsunami knocked out the undersea internet cables, disconnecting the region of 100,000 as residents sought higher ground with the onslaught of rising water and dangerously high waves. Intelsat is providing space-based broadband connectivity on Horizons 3e and Intelsat 18, while partners, Telstra and Spark, are providing the ground infrastructure, including VSAT hubs at their teleports, uplink, internet access and remote kits. The services provided are now fully provisioned expanding broadband and voice services. Additionally, Intelsat is providing services in conjunction with Optus to the New Zealand Defence Force, who will provide humanitarian support in Tonga. “Communications infrastructure is essential to assisting the residents, coordinating medical staff and providing supplies, clean food and water and basic human needs,” said Intelsat CEO Stephen Spengler. “Our hearts go out to the residents of Tonga and all impacted by this devastation, and we’re working with our partners to play a role in supporting the community in their time of need.” Intelsat’s swift response is a testament to its communications infrastructure over the Pacific Islands, operational efficiencies, and longstanding commitment to serving the region. It is the quintessential demonstration of satellite solutions’ near-instantaneous communications activation in areas where disasters have crippled terrestrial networks. In 2019, Tonga lost internet access for nearly two weeks when a fiber-optic cable was severed. Intelsat played a significant role in restoring the island's restoration connectivity by providing satellite capacity on Horizons 3e and Intelsat18 at that time. -- Joel M Snyder, 1404 East Lind Road, Tucson, AZ, 85719 Senior Partner, Opus One Phone: +1 520 324 0494 jms(a)Opus1.COM http://www.opus1.com/jms

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Re: Coverage of the .to internet outage
by Scott Weeks 21 Jan '22

21 Jan '22

--- jra(a)baylink.com wrote: From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra(a)baylink.com> This piece: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073863310/an-undersea-cable-fault-could-cut… drills down to this piece with slightly more detail: https://www.reuters.com/markets/funds/undersea-cable-fault-could-cut-off-to… I'm told their national carrier is trying to bring in a ground station as well, though not whom it will connect to. -------------------------------------------------------------- It's hard to imagine they don't have a lot of Kacific Terminals or other satellite connectivity there. That's what most of the South Pacific uses and all used before the cables were laid. Maybe the journalists missed that like they miss things when talking about our stuff? scott

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SOHO IPv6 switches
by Sean Donelan 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

Of course, any ethernet switch is "IPv6 ready." They are just ethernet packets, and the switch doesn't care what's in the packets. Which SOHO class switches are really IPv6 capable? Or is it still necessary to go with the enterprise class switches? IOT devices all want to chat with each other even if there is no upstream IPv6 (Verizon FIOS). IGMPv3 snooping and IPv4 controls keep IPv4 broadcast storms under control. But SOHO-class switches don't seem to have the same capabilities for IPv6. The top two capabilities: 1) MLD snooping and 2) a simple way to keep IPv6 off certain ports (i.e. ancient 10/100 devices, which don't like it. controlling the multicast floods may also help them). What's the goto SOHO-class switch for IPv6?

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Re: Coverage of the .to internet outage
by Scott Weeks 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

--- surfer(a)mauigateway.com wrote: --- jra(a)baylink.com wrote: From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra(a)baylink.com> This piece: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073863310/an-undersea-cable-fault-could-cut… drills down to this piece with slightly more detail: https://www.reuters.com/markets/funds/undersea-cable-fault-could-cut-off-to… I'm told their national carrier is trying to bring in a ground station as well, though not whom it will connect to. -------------------------------------------------------------- It's hard to imagine they don't have a lot of Kacific Terminals or other satellite connectivity there. That's what most of the South Pacific uses and all used before the cables were laid. Maybe the journalists missed that like they miss things when talking about our stuff? -------------------------------------------------------------- PFFT, no sooner than I hit send and the answer comes out of the PICISOC list: https://www.capacitymedia.com/articles/3830551/dispute-over-57m-impedes-mov… "Dispute over $5.7m impedes moves to re-connect Tonga to the world" "The government has still not paid Kacific for a 15-year deal, signed three years ago, to provide satellite back-up in just such an eventuality." "Now Kacific says it is “standing by” to connect the islands and its 105,000 people, who were cut off by the weekend’s volcano." "owever, company noted that “the previous government was unwilling to perform the contract, and it is currently subject to arbitration in Singapore”. Patouraux said: “All we need is to activate that service and perform that contract. We are now awaiting instructions. We have one simple message for the government of Tonga. We can help. Please get in touch.” Notably: "Getting in touch might be a problem, as both the 827km Tonga Cable from Fiji is cut about 37km from the cable landing station, and so is the 410km Tonga Domestic Cable Extension, which connects the main island with two outlying islands to the north. scott

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N84 Sneak Peek + Austin Things To Do + Hackathon Registration
by Nanog News 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

*NANOG 84 Sneak Peek * *Get a Preview of our Upcoming Programming * >From Feb. 14th - 16th, many of the brightest minds in North American network engineering, operations, and architecture will gather in Austin, Texas for our next community-wide gathering. Register now for hours of general sessions, tutorials, keynotes, BoFs, a Hackathon + social events. NANOG conferences are all about education and community. *Topics include but are not limited to:* - Richard Steenbergen returns to NANOG with an updated "Everything you always wanted to know about optical" - RPKI will be discussed from three different viewpoints (policy, adoption, deployment) - Geoff Huston will talk about DNS "Openness" - Keynote Speaker Radia Perlman will address, "How Bad Industry Decisions Led to Good Technology Development" - New to NANOG speaker Kyle Lyke will talk about the "Effects of Electromagnetic Energy on Electronics" *Also, don't miss our hybrid expo. There will be numerous opportunities to connect with our community in real-time (online + person). * *REGISTER NOW * <https://www.nanog.org/events/nanog-84/> *Things To Do + See in Austin* Time to chase those winter blues away with some boot-scootin' boogie! Known as a destination for delicious food, great live music, and a lovable general weirdness - Austin is sure to have something for everyone! In the moments of R + R, NANOG has collected a list of things to do and see in this iconic location. *READ NOW * <https://www.nanog.org/stories/10-austin-things-to-do-see/> NANOG 84 Hackathon Registration Open *Dates/Times:* Friday, February 4, 2022 - Intro/Tutorial/Team Formation Saturday + Sunday, February 12-13, 2022 - Hacking *Format:* In-person/Virtual *Theme:* Giving Back to Open Source During this Hackathon, we’ve invited the maintainers of several open-source projects to propose fixes and features for those products that we’ll invite teams to work on. Project maintainers will provide problem statements and objectives, and work with teams collaboratively to help teams understand the respective code bases and help troubleshoot issues. *REGISTER NOW * <https://www.nanog.org/events/nanog-84-hackathon/>

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home router battery backup
by Scott T Anderson 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

Hi NANOG mailing list, I am a graduate student, currently conducting research on how power outages affect home Internet users. I know that the FCC has a regulation since 2015 (47 CFR Section 9.20) requiring ISPs to provide an option to voice customers to purchase a battery backup for emergency voice services during power outages. As this is only an option and only applies to customers who subscribe to voice services, I was wondering if anyone had any insights on the prevalence of battery backup for home modem/routers? I.e., what percentage of home users actually install a battery backup in their home modem/router or use an external UPS? Thanks. Scott Reference for 47 CFR Section 9.20: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-47/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-9/subpart…

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Re: home router battery backup
by Mark Tinka 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

On 1/18/22 18:15, Joe Maimon wrote: > > Now how about some programming available so you can decide what > thresholds and conditions remote start your genny which powers the > rectifier which substitutes|augments the solar array? Any half decent battery inverters will be able to adequately support this, out the box. Mark.

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Coverage of the .to internet outage
by Jay R. Ashworth 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

This piece: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073863310/an-undersea-cable-fault-could-cut… drills down to this piece with slightly more detail: https://www.reuters.com/markets/funds/undersea-cable-fault-could-cut-off-to… I'm told their national carrier is trying to bring in a ground station as well, though not whom it will connect to. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra(a)baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274

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need commercial connection in elkton, fl
by james jones 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

Anyone have coverage on county road 305 in elkton, fl 32033.If so, please contact me off list. -James

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Undersea cable damages in the Atlantic?
by Mukund Sivaraman 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

We received the following email today from our upstream (in India): > Our transit traffic partners have reported multiple sub-sea cable > damages on the Atlantic route towards Europe and US east coast. Users > might face additional latency and occasional packet loss towards these > destinations. > > Our partners are working with relevant authorities and cable sea > companies for restoration and will take few days to address it. We > will inform as soon as this is resolved. Inconvenience caused is > highly regretted. I've read about cable cuts due to the Tonga volcanic eruption, but the above as "multiple cable damages" is mentioned as in the Atlantic. Does anyone know more about this? A news search for "cable cuts" didn't bring up anything aside from the Tonga story. Mukund

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