[RTC List] Fiber outage

[Bob]

Like many of you, I've been sitting on the sidelines as this discussion goes on and while I do agree that we need redundant fiber, it is unlikely to solve the problem of 100% reliability
No matter where you go, somewhere, sometime a switch or connection or line will go down and you won't have an Internet connection till it is fixed.

I'm on a satellite, so had no problem getting to the Internet, but my email was down..I had to apologize to some of
my users who decided that it would be a good day to have problems, but none of them were critical and they understood
the problem.

The last time the Humboldt connection went down, I was in the Bay Area and the storm took out the Internet down there for the better part of a a day at my location, but it was only when I got back to Humboldt did it seem to be a big deal.

I'd love to have a fast fiber connection, but the local companies (AT&T, SuddenLink) refuse to bring a line up 500' from the
street (even when I offered to pay for the connection).  Paying for a redundant connection without being able to get service once
it is installed doesn't seem like a great solution.  If I was going to move into town for a faster connection, it wouldn't be Eureka or
Arcata, but somewhere out of the area, with better overall infrastructure, support and entertainment.

Good luck

Bob


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Bob Freeman
www.btbsoftware.com 
PO Box 845
Bayside, Ca 95524-0845

Phone: 707.825.7649
Fax: 866.381.6887
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