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Definitely, we've seen this in fiber cuts before. That said a degraded availability is better than no availability. I know it's controversial in the context o

Definitely, we've seen this in fiber cuts before. That said a degraded availability is better than no availability. I know it's controversial in the context of net neutrality but personally I'd be okay with traffic shaping/prioritization for critical infra in cases such as this. Keep the power plants, emergency services, military, government, transit running over intsagram and netflix when things come down to it.

0cf8612b2e1e 2y ago
Does the government not maintain its own dedicated communication infrastructure between important installations? Or has it all been replaced with public connections?
- jonah 2y ago
  "It depends." Two data points that I know of first hand: 1) There is a dedicated microwave link between Vandenberg Space Force Base and Edwards Air Force Base. Mil. owned and operated solely for their own use. 2) The US Federal government decided to build a standardized communications network for government/first responders/etc. This is FirstNet. They farmed the build-out to AT&T and gave them 20 MHz of bandwidth (Band 14) but it runs over their standard wireless infrastructure and network but FirstNet traffic gets prioritized. https://www.firstnet.gov/ https://www.firstnet.gov/ https://www.firstnet.com/ https://www.firstnet.com/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Responder_Network_Authority https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Responder_Network_Auth...
- runlaszlorun 2y ago
  It’s been a 25 years since I’ve even been remotely exposed to them, but I believe the military currently has a non-classified NIPRnet, a classified secret SIPRnet, and a network called JWICS for top secret. I think all three are physically seperated from the commercial internet and each other but don’t quote me on it. Uncle Sam doesn’t mess around…