And even more scarily, emergency services like hospitals. Not sure if people are familiar with how it is run in VIC, but it is extremely scary the lack of redundancy in what the government considers a critical emergency system, which is barely better than a pair of tin cans and some string.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Chris Ricks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris.ricks@securepay.com.au" target="_blank">chris.ricks@securepay.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Regardless, it doesn't seem to happen at all.<br>
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Banks, most government departments, large companies, city councils and<br>
the list goes on - there is a massive over representation of one (or at<br>
most, 2) of the GoF providing IP and data services here.<br>
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On 08/11/12 16:07, Scott Weeks wrote:<br>
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> --- <a href="mailto:chris.ricks@securepay.com.au">chris.ricks@securepay.com.au</a> wrote:<br>
> From: Chris Ricks <<a href="mailto:chris.ricks@securepay.com.au">chris.ricks@securepay.com.au</a>><br>
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> They could peer right now if they chose to, but the vast majority of<br>
> large corporates seem to have a poorly thought out single-provider<br>
> strategy in my experience.<br>
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> That's when it is a business decision, rather than a technically proper<br>
> decision. When you listen to corporate earnings calls you usually hear<br>
> it as 'we reduced operating expenses on our internet connectivity' sort<br>
> of buzz phrases.<br>
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