Analysis of CenturyLink Dec 2018 outage: Transport Operator/Supplier Diversity is Critical

The FCC has released its report on the December 27, 2018 outage at CenturyLink that affected 9-1-1 service. The problem was a packet storm in a management network that controlled a major part of CL’s optical network. The packets kept multiplying and congesting the system, and since it was in the management network, it was …