I think the term "critical" is being used in different senses in this discussion. Are people's lives critical? Yes, but the regulations for wired and wireless infrastructure don't require service providers to expend any and all costs to maintain connectivity. And we don't have ambulances and fire trucks at every corner and hospitals in every subdivision. Despite the almost incalculable value of life, there are still limitations on all the services provided to residences. Would I like to have the same uptime at my home as we have in the CO? or data center? Sure, but collectively we aren't willing, nay, able, to pay that price. Frank -----Original Message----- From: William Herrin [mailto:bill@herrin.us] Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2012 11:15 PM To: Andy Koch Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Verizon FiOS - is BGP an option? <snip> On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Nathan Eisenberg <nathan@atlasnetworks.us> wrote:
Residences aren't critical infrastructure, no matter how angry the owners get.
911 access isn't a critical service? Fire and security panels aren't critical services? If basic life safety and property protection aren't critical services, I'm not sure what is.
Whether each individual's residence contains critical infrastructure is a decision best left up to that individual. By necessity that makes the upstream aggregation components critical infrastructure. No different than it was for POTS 20 years ago. The Internet isn't just a toy any more. It's the primary communications channel in to many folks homes and well on its way to becoming the primary channel period. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ herrin@dirtside.com bill@herrin.us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004