Nov 27
Back up to speed, sorta
Snow-Crash:~ mav$ ping yahoo.com
PING yahoo.com (66.94.234.13): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 66.94.234.13: icmp_seq=0 ttl=51 time=49.459 ms
64 bytes from 66.94.234.13: icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=37.810 ms
64 bytes from 66.94.234.13: icmp_seq=2 ttl=51 time=58.759 ms
64 bytes from 66.94.234.13: icmp_seq=3 ttl=51 time=75.472 ms
^C
--- yahoo.com ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 37.810/55.375/75.472/13.774 ms
Hey, it’s not great, but it’ll do until I can get DSL installed. So, just to recap, that was a four day outage starting on Wednesday afternoon sometime and ending the following Sunday morning. During a holiday weekend. Very impressive, guys. DirectNIC/ZIPA went through a goddamn hurricane and was only down for three.
After working my current job for several months (coming up on my 1 year anniversary in 3 weeks) I can say this: In the world of enterprise, a system’s worth is determined by the money, time, and effort you are willing to put into it. Thanks, CableOne, for shouting to the heavens “Fuck Twin Falls, ID, we don’t give a shit about you.” At least we know where we stand.