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DevelopingElk | 4 months ago

AWS, for the ultimate backup, relies on a phone call bridge on the public phone network.

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gregw2|4 months ago

Ah, but have they verified how far down the turtles go, and has that changed since they verified it?

In the mid-2000s most of the conference call traffic started leaving copper T1s and going onto fiber and/or SIP switches managed by Level3, Global Crossing, Qwest, etc. Those companies combined over time into Century Link which was then rebranded Lumen.

As of last October, Lumen is now starting to integrate more closely with AWS, managing their network with AWS's AI: https://convergedigest.com/lumen-expands-fiber-network-to-su...

"Oh what a tangled web we weave..."

wbl|4 months ago

I once suggested at work that we list diesel distributors using payment infra not on on us near our datacenters.