[OT] Optus: Why does cutting a cable bring down the entire network?

[Lisa Milne]

Just realised I didn't send this to the whole list... oops.

I ran a traceroute on a friend a little while ago, which showed packets
going from Brisbane to Sydney and back. Despite her living less than a
kilometre away.

Wouldn't surprise me if everything does the same.

While we're off topic, did anyone else notice Linux was mentioned on
Criminal Minds (channel 7) tonight?

Lisa

On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 19:47 +1000, Bevin Watson wrote:
> Anybody here know about networks?
> 
> I'm intrigued as to why a break in a cable on the QLD / NSW border
> should bring down the network for all Queensland.
> Surely, surely, not every message gets routed through Sydney and back
> again ??
> 
>