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Date: Fri Apr  1 21:48:15 2005
From: jbdubbs at gmail.com (Jason Weisberger)
Subject: Re: Internet Going Down For Maintenance

LOL.  I'd love or someone to buy this one.  As if the Internet is in
one central location.


On Fri,  1 Apr 2005 08:51:26 -0800, bart2k@...hmail.com wrote:
> Actually, I believe that since the internet core is run off of the 
> MS platform that this has something to do with the release 
> Microsoft SP1 for their 2003 release yesterday.  ;)
> 
> 
> On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 08:09:02 -0800 Steve Kudlak 
> <chromazine@...global.net> wrote:
> >I suspect that this has something to do with today being April 
> >First 
> >called "April Fool's Day". My sister in Pittsburgh is one year 
> >oloder 
> >today. Since she was born a couple months permature she was a 
> >pretty big 
> >April Fool's surprise.
> >
> >Have Fun,
> >Sends Steve
> >
> >
> >Larry Seltzer wrote:
> >
> >>Internet To Close For Maintenance This Weekend
> >> 
> >>April 1, 2005 Posted: 6:36 AM EDT (1136 GMT)
> >> 
> >>BERN, Switzerland (Reuters) -- Long-scheduled maintenance will 
> >bring the
> >>Internet down this Saturday from 9PM to 3AM Greenwich Mean Time. 
> >> 
> >>The Internet Architecture Board, in coordination with the United 
> >Nations,
> >>has planned an "infrastructure maintenance window" for several 
> >years.
> >>According to IAB Senior Consultant Ursula Techensp?f "such a 
> >massive network
> >>requires occasional maintenance to upgrade aging equipment." Also 
> >planned is
> >>the first resorting of IP (Internet Protocol) numbers since 
> >before the
> >>dotcom boom.
> >> 
> >>Techensp?f added "Years ago, when the Internet was largely 
> >academic, such
> >>maintenance was not as stressful or disruptive. Most maintenance 
> >can be
> >>performed on a 'hot' network now, but resetting of the Internet 
> >core still
> >>requires taking it down."
> >> 
> >>Users should not expect to lose much data, although experts do 
> >warn of a
> >>potential data surge when the network comes back up, and advise 
> >users to
> >>bring systems back on the network slowly and cautiously.
> >> 
> >>Copyright 2005 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may 
> >not be
> >>published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed
> >> 
> >>
> >>
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Jason Weisberger
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