jhf@cblpe.att.com (10/25/89)
In TELECOM Digest V9 #470, Joe Konstan <konstan@postgres.berkeley.edu> writes: >BTW, why doesn't AT&T retain "disaster authority" over >its lines, to prevent resellers from mishandling the situation and from >using capacity that AT&T customers could use? I don't think this is very feasible. My understanding is that "resellers" buy trunks that are "nailed up" via a DACS (or something similar). In order to reclaim capacity, AT&T would have to disconnect the reseller in question. I doubt this would sit very well with the FCC. One thing that might change this is a new (to me, anyway) philosophy that I've heard: all types of service should be handled by the normal message network. This would (I think) allow customers to use a software defined network that would mimic a network of "nailed up" trunks. With an SDN, a customer would fall under the reign of network controls. Jeff Frontz Work: +1 614 860 2797 AT&T-Bell Labs (CB 1C-356) Cornet: 353-2797 att!jeff.frontz jeff.frontz@att.com Home: +1 614 794 3986