Sean Donelan wrote:
prevent them from speculating because some of their speculation will be wrong?
No. Its important we get as many possibilities on the table. But we need
Well, please can we not have the infinite number of possibilities, raised mostly by those without access to any data, each trumpetted ad-nauseam on NANOG. A. Speculation != Operation B. Advice to posters on the subject of speculating on the misfortunes of other people's networks: Before posting, remember 'your network could be next'. If you are not a network operator, consider why you are writing in the first place. If you think your network is immune from being next, either (a) it's vanishingly small, (b) you have an ego problem, or (c) stop wasting time writing to NANOG & go patent your holy grail. [ & Sean, your fiber cut reports are the opposite of ill-informed speculation ] -- Alex Bligh VP Core Network, Concentric Network Corporation (formerly GX Networks, Xara Networks)