512K Day: The Day The Internet (almost) Broke

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We don't normally think about the technologies that underpin the internet that we use every day, but if they break, or reduce in performance, then big problems can result. BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) is the technology that was affected due to the 512K ISP router capacity limit. This video explains what happened and how it was fixed.

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