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The weak link
Author(s) -
Hanson David
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal of network management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1099-1190
pISSN - 1055-7148
DOI - 10.1002/nem.4560010207
Subject(s) - computer science , link (geometry) , reliability (semiconductor) , telecommunications , phone , computer network , quarter (canadian coin) , communication link , computer security , power (physics) , linguistics , physics , philosophy , archaeology , quantum mechanics , history
Public network reliability has become a mandatory issue. In the second quarter of 1991 alone, there were 331 switch‐related outages, which affected more than 3.5 million phone lines and lasted an average of 45 minutes each. The carriers are trying but they still represent the ‘Weak Link’ in data and voice communications. There will be improvements but will they be enough?