[143944] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: East Coast Earthquake 8-23-2011
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roy)
Tue Aug 23 15:54:50 2011
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:53:49 -0700
From: Roy <r.engehausen@gmail.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <CAJAdsD=sm0xgAEXPjeu+JpEsDZ2hJS_Lu-DH-sARFxXgZRMC7Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On 8/23/2011 12:43 PM, PC wrote:
> Based on a sampling of thousands of cable modems, dsl, and cellular sites in
> the DC area:
>
> With a 10 second keepalive/30 second holdtime, I only saw, maybe, 2-3 sites
> disappear per thousand based on an endpoint in Ashburn, VA. I do see some
> delay cellular side, but it looks to be solely congestion (high pings,
> etc.). However, it was minimal and was a 15 minute occurrence which
> gradually peaked then dropped down to normal levels. I'm guessing it's
> usage based.
>
> The DSL/cable had no drops that I can find.
>
> Largely, it has had little to no effect for me.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Chris<caldcv@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A friend about 80 miles near the epicenter says phones are down but
>> Comcast Internet, by way of some miracle, is up
>>
I was watching the news reports on TV here in California. People were
either being evacuated or elf-evacuating from building in DC, NYC, etc.
As the cameras panned over the crowds, I would estimate 75% of the
people had their phones out. Within fifteen minutes of the event, my
wife either called or received a call from her family in VA and NY.
