Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!A.ISI.EDU!LYNCH From: LYNCH@A.ISI.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Arpanet outage Message-ID: <8612160747.AA21047@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Mon, 15-Dec-86 20:39:58 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8612160747.AA21047 Posted: Mon Dec 15 20:39:58 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Dec-86 04:05:08 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 9 Approved: tcp-ip@sri-nic.arpa Andy, How on earth does it come to happen that 7 "trunks" are "routed" through one fiber optics cable? My idea of a cable encompasses both some dedicated bandwidth and some physical isolation. How can a network planner ever be sure of "redundancy" if the providers of moving bits do these kinds of things to their customers? Dan -------