On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 11:51 AM, david raistrick <drais@icantclick.org> wrote:
I could care less about a fiber cut in NYC.
If this is true and not just in jest, you're very much on the wrong list. Every message that passes through this list has a footer, shown below:
_______________________________________________ Outages mailing list Outages@outages.org https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages
I encourage everyone to read the above link for clarification on what material is expected on the list. As best I can determine, "is XYZwebsite down?" does not pass muster. There are other sites for the latter: http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/www.facebook.com For those who may be too busy updating their Facebook status to click the above (or below) list description, here's the first paragraph: "The primary goal of this mailing list ("outages") is for outages-reporting that would apply to failures of major communications infrastructure components having significant traffic-carrying capacity, similar to what FCC provided prior to 9/11 days but they seem to have pulled back due to terrorism concerns. Some also believe that LEC's and IXC's also like this model as they no longer have to air their dirty laundry. Then again, this mailing list is not about making anyone look bad, its all about information sharing and keeping network operators & end users abreast on the situation as close to real-time information as possible in order to assess and respond to major outage such as routing voice/data via different carriers which may directly or indirectly impact us and our customers. A reliable communications network is essential in times of crisis." ...though some end-users may find a Facebook outage to be a "time of crisis," I'm fairly certain for operational purposes we can agree that it isn't worthy of a thread here -- whether it's a thread of "Me Too!" posts or "but it's important to ME!" posts. Please, let's let this thread burn out and move on with our day. - Tim