[11700] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BBN (GTE) Suffers another major power problem.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher Masto)
Fri Aug 8 14:57:26 1997
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 14:49:53 -0400
From: Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970808141138.11181B-100000@netrail.net>; from Nathan Stratton on Fri, Aug 08, 1997 at 02:15:35PM +0000
On Fri, Aug 08, 1997 at 02:15:35PM +0000, Nathan Stratton wrote:
> I do not agree at all, the question is what do you want to PAY to keep up.
> When we started we just provided generator feed just of our gear. After we
> lost power for +12 hours and our AIR units were off we learned that
> everything must be on generator. They make LARGE generators, we have a
> 750KVA in Atlanta, and are installing a 1000KVA in Chicago. It can be
> done, just not cheep.
Before this gets too out-of-hand, let me just say "forget what I said
before". It doesn't apply to BBN. Yes, they should have had adequate
backup power. A clear case of posting before waking up on my part.
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