[154358] in North American Network Operators' Group
Northern Virginia 9-1-1 service after storm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Mon Jul 2 22:28:13 2012
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 22:27:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Probably not as interesting as talking about Amazon/Netflix.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/after-storm-911-phone-service-remains-spotty/2012/07/02/gJQA33dHJW_story.html
Fairfax County's 911 emergency center operated at just half capacity
Monday as Verizon struggled to figure out why both its primary and backup
power systems failed after Friday night's storm and left much of Northern
Virginia without 911 service through the weekend.