[BC] Program transmission suggestions

[Dana Puopolo]

This is exactly why I recommend havingthe same backbone provider at both
locations., That way, your packets never go out over the public Internet.
Instead they stay within that provider's network.  Where providers peer is
where packets get lost!

In other words, try to get Verizon on both ends, or AT&T or some other
provider. Covad covers the entire country and is a good choice where the IBOC
s are different at each end of the link.

-D

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Received: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:28:02 AM EDT
From: Mike McCarthy <Towers at mre.com>

Not to throw acid on the whole idea of public IP concept, but it
really scares me when one considers the fragility of the public
internet network.  It might work fine today when IP traffic loads are
nominal.  What about when there is a major event and general usage
skyrockets or there is an attack on the core servers?  Or worse yet,
there is a national emergency and parts of the internet capacity are
reallocated for clear government access/use.