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Re: Fiber Cut In Sterling VA.

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron Abelard)
Fri Jul 25 11:03:24 1997

Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 09:54:34 -0500 (EST)
From: Aaron Abelard <aaron@abelard.com>
To: "Robert E. Seastrom" <rs@bifrost.seastrom.com>
cc: samini@diginetusa.net, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199707251444.KAA29845@bifrost.seastrom.com>

On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Robert E. Seastrom wrote:

> 
>    Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:18:41 -0400
>    From: "Shaun S. Amini" <samini@diginetusa.net>
> 
>    And the trend continues...  We had 2 major fiber cuts here @ 1:00 P.M.
>    thanks to 
>    Joy Construction who was digging for MCI Metro.
> 
> This could be a valuable new technology - notice the date on this
> message; we have almost a month to prepare for and try to avert this
> upcoming fiber cut!

I noticed it because August 25th is my birthday.  But August 25th, 1997 is
a Friday, not a Monday.  Fiber cut causes system administration problems?

 Aaron Abelard / aaron@abelard.com / http://www.abelard.com/
     "Nunc Lento Sunito Dicunt, Moreris" (Donne)
         "Lasciate tutto speranza, voiche entrate" (Dante)
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                 "Once more unto the breech, dear friend" (Shakespeare)



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