Pakistan Learns A Lesson In Redundancy

from the a-bit-more-than-expected dept

It appears that folks in Pakistan have realized the importance of having a "second line" connecting them out to the great wide internet. After having trouble with the one fiber optic line connecting the country, it took twelve days to get everything reconnected. The internet may like to route around damage... but, it can't really do that if there's only one line out.

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