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Re:Mit.edu is down by saifelse on Sunday January 13, 2013 @09:31PM (#5052991)
Is there a particular reason why Google servers are still accessible from within MIT despite MITnet being down?
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Re:Mit.edu is down by cjbprime on Sunday January 13, 2013 @09:37PM (#5053015)
> Is there a particular reason why Google servers are still accessible from within MIT despite MITnet being down?

Google and MIT have a network peering arrangement.

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Re:Mit.edu is down by lwf on Sunday January 13, 2013 @09:37PM (#5053012)
Google peers directly with MIT, so connections there do not have to go to the public internet.
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