<div dir="ltr">Dear AFNOG Friends,<div><br></div><div>A quick note and thank you to NRSC and <span style="color:rgb(36,41,46);font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;white-space:pre">Steve Song for his amazing work making many of the Africa Fiber maps available. </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(36,41,46);font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;white-space:pre">We were able to add those and much more to <a href="https://dev.networkatlas.org">https://dev.networkatlas.org</a></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(36,41,46);font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;white-space:pre"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(36,41,46);font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;white-space:pre">if you want to upload more fiber, simply register our tool online and upload yourself using our GUI ;)</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(36,41,46);font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;white-space:pre"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(36,41,46);font-family:SFMono-Regular,Consolas,"Liberation Mono",Menlo,Courier,monospace;font-size:12px;white-space:pre">thank you</span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 5:34 PM Mehmet Akcin <<a href="mailto:mehmet@akcin.net">mehmet@akcin.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_left__2p1aK gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_3_vxt" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dear AFNOG Friends,</font></div><div style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The final month of 2018 is going to be a busy one for <a href="https://www.networkatlas.org" target="_blank">Network Atlas</a>, and while I still have a few spare hours, I wanted to share some exciting updates and address a few questions.</font></div></div><div class="gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_left__2p1aK gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_3_vxt" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> 
</font></div></div><div class="gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_left__2p1aK gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_3_vxt" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">First, I would like to thank all the people who believe in Network Atlas and have helped it get to where it is today. Network Atlas is at its heart a community concept, and it is energizing to see so many of you excited about its potential and interested in making it better.

</font></div></div><div class="gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_left__2p1aK gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_3_vxt" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">To that end, the Network Atlas team will be spending the next month working feverishly to improve the product and get it ready for 2019. I am very excited to announce the following list of features that should come online early next year:</font></div></div><ol class="gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_orderedListContainer__knh9u gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_2loqG" style="margin:15px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 47px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;outline:none;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><li class="gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_orderedList__3_0WU gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_elementSpacing__208Ie gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_14s5m gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_1lxt9 gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_380OP gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_left__2p1aK gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_3_vxt" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;list-style-type:decimal;margin:0px"><p class="gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_elementSpacing__208Ie" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Cable system operation status allows users to see which segments are up/down/partial and their last outage, along with textual details of previous outages with potential for links </font></p></li><li class="gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_orderedList__3_0WU gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_elementSpacing__208Ie gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_14s5m gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_1lxt9 gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_380OP gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_left__2p1aK gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_3_vxt" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;list-style-type:decimal;margin:0px"><p class="gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_elementSpacing__208Ie" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Cable system information - length, activation date, and estimated end-of-life</font></p></li><li class="gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_orderedList__3_0WU gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_elementSpacing__208Ie gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_14s5m gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_1lxt9 gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_380OP gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_left__2p1aK gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_3_vxt" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;list-style-type:decimal;margin:0px"><p class="gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_elementSpacing__208Ie" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Fast page load time of <5 secs for users within the US </font></p></li><li class="gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_orderedList__3_0WU gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_elementSpacing__208Ie gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_14s5m gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_1lxt9 gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_380OP gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_left__2p1aK gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-_3_vxt" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;list-style-type:decimal;margin:0px"><p class="gmail-m_4888827267338068125gmail-rich-content-viewer_el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tworkatlas.org/" target="_blank">https://kmzs.networkatlas.org </a> and upload them and please include your email address in the file name (or create a colder with readme in it) so we can reach back with questions. Our self-service portal will solve this issue in January :)</font></div><div style="font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51)"></font><div style="font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div style="font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">Have a wonderful December, and a happy new year!</span><font color="#000000"><br></font></font></div><div style="font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">ps: we added some routes in Brazil , go check them out <a href="https://dev.networkatlas.org/" target="_blank">https://dev.networkatlas.org</a></span></font></div><div style="font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mehmet</font></div></div></div>
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