[20384] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Discussion point: Telco quality?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Sat Oct 10 22:53:06 1998
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu (nanog list)
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 22:24:05 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <199810110142.SAA17274@condor.lvrmr.mhsc.com> from "Roeland M.J. Meyer" at Oct 10, 98 06:42:07 pm
Unnamed Administration sources reported that Roeland M.J. Meyer said:
> >Are there things that can happen to both which will really ruin your day?
> Yes.
>
> Actually, on 2Sep98, PacBell had a CO failure that knocked out service, in
> Livermore, for 12 hours. Voice, data, everything, not even 911!
Not sure how a CO failure brings down leased line data....
What WILL bring down the whole house..:
Fiber cut -- as well as other wholescale transmission
FUBAR's.
Power -- remember the NYC ATT crash? It took hours
to bring the DACS back up... Don't
overlook lightning strikes on the incoming power
feed.
Enviromental -- if the HVAC croaks, if a waterline floods
from the cable vault on up, or there's an
earthquake, or a Hinsdale-style fire.
But such will never happen, so we can all rest easy....right?
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