28 Oct
2001
28 Oct
'01
4:30 p.m.
On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Steve Goldstein wrote:
I wonder if we have reached the cross-over point, and the Internet is now effectively more reliable than the public telephone network.
FYI, at about the time of the break, I was engaged in a Web-based meeting that included the Maui Supercomputer Center. We were using a phone bridge in San Jose, CA. The phone conversation persisted, but Maui's Internet connection dropped.
I don't know what type of network links the Maui Supercomputer Center has. Whether it was a problem with a commercial Internet provider or something specific to the Maui spercomputer center.