One possible reason for slow access to US sites..
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One possible reason for slow access to US sites..
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/01/level3_robbery/
Apparently, a data centre belonging to level 3 (who, IIRC, supply part of NTL's US connection bandwidth) was broken into last night, and had several router cards stolen..
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02-11-2006, 15:45
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Re: One possible reason for slow access to US sites..
Oddly, todays interweb access has ben alot faster.
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Re: One possible reason for slow access to US sites..
And what are you going to do with Cisco router cards?
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02-11-2006, 16:21
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Re: One possible reason for slow access to US sites..
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And what are you going to do with Cisco router cards?
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Stu have you setup those ebay auctions yet? 
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Re: One possible reason for slow access to US sites..
LOL 
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02-11-2006, 16:23
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Re: One possible reason for slow access to US sites..
Actually, I was thinking more of a ransom for them..
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