[121472] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Katrina response, private and public
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Bellovin)
Wed Jan 20 13:34:26 2010
From: Steven Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
In-Reply-To: <90155a1e1001201020i22b3e39w3b86c67bf924bb8f@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:33:48 -0500
To: Max Larson Henry <maxlarson.henry@mtptc.gouv.ht>
Cc: nanog <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jan 20, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Max Larson Henry wrote:
>>=20
>> "Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), the service provider that =
runs
>> the Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network (BDSNi) submarine cable system
>> linking to Haiti, reported that service has been disrupted as a =
result of
>> the earthquake that struck the Port-au-Prince area."
>=20
>=20
> - The Teleco Facility that receive the fiber is completely broken =
(dust) but
> must of the Technicians are alive and in Port au Prince
>=20
There's an article on the subject in today's Wall Street Journal: =
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703657604575005453223257096.=
html -- not sure if it's behind the paywall or not.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
