Nashville bombing and AT&T

[ericgeater]

The Nashville RV bombing left one noteworthy remnant behind: a significant hit to AT&T network availability for a multi-state region. Large areas of telephone service was disrupted -- including our cellular service in northern Alabama for the previous 29 hours.

It won't be a surprise if a state or fed agency asks AT&T for a post-mortem and commensurate plan for improved network resilience thanks to this notorious and puzzling event.

[ericgeater]

“'We need to rethink our system and approach to make it far more resilient,' said [Tennessee State Senator Jeff] Yarbro, D-Nashville. 'Especially now that the vulnerability is apparent, Tennessee cannot afford to leave itself open to a single attack that could cascade into a series of crises.'”

Good.  At least someone's paying attention.