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Dialcom (Telecom Gold) in the UK was pretty close to 100% Almost survived the big storm of 87 - unfortunately the modems where on the UPS. We built an entire

Dialcom (Telecom Gold) in the UK was pretty close to 100% Almost survived the big storm of 87 - unfortunately the modems where on the UPS. We built an entire new DC and had Tottenham Court Road dug up in case the Thames flooded. In fact any big telecom will have down times for a switch (central office) measured in generations

SirLJ 7y ago
Those Silicon Valley kids can't understand reliability... Good thing my bank and my broker are not run like this... what a joke...
- techie128 7y ago
  You sir have a very warped view of SV. Do not stereotype us.
  - SirLJ 7y ago
    First hand experience... move fast and break thing, forever in beta, etc. does not always work, especially when you have proper SLAs