Is Verizon SkyNet? Reroutes Entire Network After Typhoon Kills Cables
Say you’re the CEO of a large internet provider based in Taiwan. A huge typhoon comes out of nowhere and wipes out ten of your largest cable lines, thus transforming the world wide web enjoyed by millions of customers into a worldwide disaster. What would you do?
In Verizon’s case, your system would have woke up, assessed the entire situation and rerouted itself so fast that the only way of knowing something was wrong would be to open the window and let Typhoon Morokat blow you to the other side of the planet. It’s a bit exaggerated, but since Verizon invested three-billion dollars into their network, near disasters such as this can be handled effortlessly and the entire network can reconfigure itself without any human contact. The concept itself is referred to as an advanced network mesh, and clearly Verizon is leading the way in how global systems are configured and maintained. With this sort of technology out of R&D and in wide-spread use already, maybe it’s time to revisit that save-the-world strategy to overcome a SkyNet clone whose only reason for human communication is when it tries to show the planet who’s boss.
Mr McCormick
Sep 18
its too bad they dont have this sort of thing at att. although for three billion dollars, id assume it would be able to get fixed quickly!
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