[143349] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: STRIKE: VZN
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Zaid Ali)
Sun Aug 7 01:40:07 2011
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From: Zaid Ali <zaid@zaidali.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 22:39:19 -0700
To: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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I heard a few days ago this might happen through another carrier who depends=
on a local loop from VZ. If you are waiting on circuit installs or someone h=
as to swap out an NI card this may impact you.=20
Thanks for the link.
Zaid
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 6, 2011, at 10:14 PM, Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com> wrote:
> As of midnight, 45,000 IBEW and CWA members are striking Verizon, as their=
> contract has expired.
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> http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/07/us-verizon-labor-idUSTRE7760C320=
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> It's not clear how this might affect what we do, but it might, and I=20
> figured the heads up would probably be useful.
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> Cheers,
> -- jra
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