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   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article <805ige5507mdtsbtrfeotfjvqi64he9uht@4ax.com>, Jeff   
   Liebermann  wrote:   
      
   > >however, they would definitely be aware of it because existing   
   > >connections would drop, overall speed will change and the router will   
   > >send a notification if configured to do so.   
   >   
   > I beg to differ.  About 25 years ago, I had a medical billing service   
   > with about 75 desktops running on a single T1 (1.544Mbits/sec) line.   
   > It worked because everything was text based with no graphics.  The   
   > main router to the internet was setup to fall back to ISDN   
   > (128Kbits/sec) if something died on the T1.  As I recall, the router   
   > was in fallback mode for something like 6 weeks before anyone   
   > complained about a speed problem.   
      
   that was 25 years ago, in an era where few people used a lot of   
   bandwidth. there was no youtube, netflix or graphic intensive web   
   sites.   
      
   today, people will notice.   
      
   when 5g becomes prevalent (which will be a while), *it* will become the   
   main source of internet, with wired as a fallback, the opposite of how   
   it is now.   
      
   > I've had similar incidents since then, but with somewhat shorter   
   > delays.  A few years ago, another customer sent me email asking me to   
   > turn off the SNMP alarms that were coming from the main router because   
   > it was flooding his mailbox with identical messages.  All the   
   > identical messages were that the router was using the fallback route   
   > to the internet.  My guess is it like that for about 5 days.   
      
   in other words, it *did* notify users.   
      
   there's not much anyone can do if they ignore the messages.   
      
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