Reply to post: Re: Wasn't the reason to create an "arpanet" to obtain redundand paths to reach a destination?

I don't know but it's been said, Amphenol plugs are made with lead

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Re: Wasn't the reason to create an "arpanet" to obtain redundand paths to reach a destination?

There were two separate routes from east to west in the original ARPANET. A north and a south one. A single back hoe took them both out as the phone company routed both east/west links through a single cable. That was when they discovered that it is important to specify different physical routes.

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