Originally published in Science Fiction Age, September 1998.
- Reprinted online in Infinity Plus, February 2001.
- 1999 Nebula Award preliminary ballot (for best short story)
- Honorable mention, The Year's Best Science Fiction: 16th Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois
- 1998 Recommended Reading List, Locus
- Reprinted in Hungarian as "A csillagközi adatveszteség gyakorlati esetei" in MetaGalaktika v9.5, 2007.