---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200906154238.GA12223@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2020 15:42:38 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: CenturyLink Took Down 3.5% of the Internet Trying to Block a Single IP Address By Ed Targett "The Operations Engineering Team was using this process during routine operations..." When CenturyLink, one of the world's biggest internet backbone providers, faced a mystery issue on August 31 at 10:04 GMT, it proceeded to take down 3.5% of the world's traffic, triggering outages at some of the world's most popular websites including the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. The event wasn't fully cleared until 15:10 GMT. https://www.cbronline.com/news/centurylink-flowspec-outage -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200906161509.GA12381@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2020 16:15:09 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: SpaceX seeks FCC broadband funds, must prove it can deliver sub-100ms latency SpaceX seeks FCC broadband funds, must prove it can deliver sub-100ms latency Hundreds of ISPs apply for $16 billion in grants to expand in rural areas. By Jon Brodkin SpaceX, Charter, Verizon, CenturyLink, Frontier, Cox, and about 500 other companies are seeking government funding to provide broadband in rural areas. The Federal Communications Commission yesterday released a list of applicants for the first phase of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), which is set to pay up to $16 billion to Internet service providers over 10 years. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/09/spacex-charter-verizon-among-500-isps-competing-for-fcc-broadband-funds/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200906162439.GA12423@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2020 16:24:39 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Thousands of Colorado Students Remain Disconnected from School When COVID-19 hit, the internet became an essential school supply. Districts in the Denver metro area scrambled to meet the need, collectively spending more than $1 million in the past five months to buy mobile hotspots and pay families' internet bills so children could learn. Philanthropies and foundations have spent even more. https://pagosadailypost.com/2020/08/31/thousands-of-colorado-students-remain-disconnected-from-school/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ***** Moderator's Note ***** This story is six days old, and some might wonder why I publish this link. The reason is simple: I don't know why, but there are a plethora of stories on the web today about CenturyLink's failure: stories that weren't on Google five or six days ago. CenturyLink has an agressive, and effective, search-optimization team. Unlike most such teams, their job is to conceal news about CenturyLink, and when CenturyLink has had a failure, they manage to hide almost any unfavorable coverage. I don't know how, but the result is both obvious and troubling: CenturyLink stockholders and the company's regulators are both denied the information they need to make accurate assessments of the company's performance and value. Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Mon, 07 Sep 2020