Why Is Less Than 99.9% Uptime Acceptable? 528
Ian Lamont writes "Telcos, ISPs, mobile phone companies and other communication service providers are known for their complex pricing plans and creative attempts to give less for more. But Larry Borsato asks why we as customers are willing to put up with anything less than 99.999% uptime? That's the gold standard, and one that we are used to thanks to regulated telephone service. When it comes to mobile phone service, cable TV, Internet access, service interruptions are the norm — and everyone seems willing to grin and bear it: 'We're so used cable and satellite television reception problems that we don't even notice them anymore. We know that many of our emails never reach their destination. Mobile phone companies compare who has the fewest dropped calls (after decades of mobile phones, why do we even still have dropped calls?) And the ubiquitous BlackBerry, which is a mission-critical device for millions, has experienced mass outages several times this month. All of these services are unregulated, which means there are no demands on reliability, other than what the marketplace demands.' So here's the question for you: Why does the marketplace demand so little when it comes to these services?"
Oh Zonk (Score:4, Funny)
More physics in action. (Score:4, Funny)
It's simple confusion (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Here's an easy one. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Costs increase geometrically (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Reality Check (Score:4, Funny)
Your neighbors evidently didn't own a backhoe. ;)
Re:because they've been conditioned (Score:-1, Funny)
Frequent reboots haven't been required since win2k. If you have to reboot frequently, then you have something wrong with your system, and it isn't the OS.
Re:because they've been conditioned (Score:3, Funny)
I'm not saying Windows is better, but the above means you don't have to work a lot with NFS clients on Linux...
Very true.
I consider NFS to be the devil. If given the choice, I'll choose a different protocol every time.
Re:because they've been conditioned (Score:4, Funny)
once in a while (Score:3, Funny)
Re:because they've been conditioned (Score:2, Funny)
Brandy? (Score:2, Funny)