Show Notes

Buffer Overflow: Verizon Quibs It
Episode 194
Verizon OFF, Microsoft OSS (MOSS), and Covid Converse

Hosts

Ned Bellavance
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ned-bellavance-ba68a52
@Ned1313
Chris Hayner, Delivery Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrismhayner
Kimberly DeFilippi, Project Manager, Business Analyst
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-defilippi-77b3986/
Brenda Heisler, ISG Operations
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenda-heisler-b5431989/

Longer Topics

More like Veriz-OFF, amirite?!

• Downdetector saw a huge spike in outage reports that all initially blamed AWS
• The bulk of the outage was caused by a ‘software issue.’
• Hilariously, the downtime incident prevented Amazon from updating the AWS status page
• Verizon’s SLA promises 100% uptime
• The individual bundles are colored, which helps sort out what is what, but repairing fiber is still a manual process.
• Some are vandalism, with enterprising thieves attempting to steal copper to sell

Lightning Round

• The Great IPv4 Caper
• Conspiracy theorists need to Let it go, let it go
• The Ultimate Covid Footwear
• Update on Microsoft's Climate Pledge
• Microsoft Open Sources the ESE Database
• Stadia, for whom the bell tolls

Music Credits

Intro: Jason Shaw - Tech Talk
Outro: Jason Shaw – Feels Good 2 B