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   From: gah@ugcs.caltech.edu   
      
   In comp.protocols.tcp-ip David Schwartz  wrote:   
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   > The user can get an idea of who is at fault and what the fault is.   
   > That will allow them to complete to the correct party. If the party is   
   > someone they contract with, that may enable them to enforce their SLA.   
   > If not, it may give them an idea of what the best long-term solution   
   > might be. (Such as bouncing off a VPN on a different network or   
   > changing ISPs.)   
      
   Reminds me of some years ago, working in Southern California,   
   there was a major network outage.  Now, it is usual for the   
   main links to have redundancy, especially ones between larger   
   networking centers, and they had fiber links leased from both   
   ATT and MCI.  Someone with a backhoe accidentally dug through   
   both cables.  It seems that one of the two, and I forget now   
   which, had leased fiber from the other, such that there was   
   no real redundancy!   
      
   If you are inside a large organization, you might find the loss   
   at a router inside the organization, and it might actually make   
   sense to ask.   Usually, though, just wait until it gets fixed.   
      
   -- glen   
      
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