I've been working at a smaller ISP (~4000 subs, plus businesses), and not one has asked me if I'm multi-homed. When we or our upstream provider have a problem the telephones light up and people act as if it's a problem, but the reality is that they're not communicating it, up front, as a business requirement. Frank -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 8:54 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: SaidCom disconnected by Level 3 (former Telcove property) Almost ALL? Any company, or any person for that matter, that relies on their Internet connectivity for their lively hood should be multihomed. -wil On Mar 16, 2007, at 4:42 PM, Mike Hammett wrote:

Almost ALL providers should be multihomed.

--Mike

-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of virendra rode // Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 11:26 AM To: NANOG Subject: Re: SaidCom disconnected by Level 3 (former Telcove property)

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Frank Bulk wrote:

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http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/articlePrint.cfm?id=1310151

Is this a normal thing for Level 3 to do, cut off small, responsive providers?

Frank

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Just curious, should "small responsive providers" should be multi- homed?

regards, /virendra

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