Comment on Gmail service disruptionparentComments−Terretta12yWhat kind of mechanism for USA-based email service causes email delays for 50% of Gmail users due to an undersea cable?Not disputing, just curious about cause and effect here, and Gmail architecture.−thrownaway242412yhttp://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/ind...−sp33212yIf one route is disrupted, traffic might be re-routed and overwhelm another route?−throwit197912yWild guess: google routes non-latency-critical US traffic like SMTP outside the US so the NSA's beam splitters can more easily claim intercepted domestic data as "international".
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What kind of mechanism for USA-based email service causes email delays for 50% of Gmail users due to an undersea cable?
Not disputing, just curious about cause and effect here, and Gmail architecture.
http://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/ind...
If one route is disrupted, traffic might be re-routed and overwhelm another route?
Wild guess: google routes non-latency-critical US traffic like SMTP outside the US so the NSA's beam splitters can more easily claim intercepted domestic data as "international".