[107710] in Cypherpunks
Re: y2k & networks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sunder)
Thu Jan 21 17:21:02 1999
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 15:14:15 -0500
From: Sunder <sunder@brainlink.com>
To: "Vladimir Z. Nuri" <vznuri@netcom.com>
CC: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Sunder <sunder@brainlink.com>
> >The Y2K-sober telco must face the likelihood of network
> >failure even as it works to prevent it. Some kinds of
> >failures can be addressed directly by telcos, but others
> >can't. Let's consider seven categories:
I've heard from some Bell Atlantic employees that some of them aren't worried
since a lot of the equipment are old mechanical switches. This of course
isn't true everywhere and not in NYC where extra services (Caller ID, Voice
Mail, etc.) are present.
It's interesting to see the mentality of this thing. ("We're safe, cause we
use shitty old switches in a lot of areas" and not worrying about what the
interaction of the newer switches will cause.)
