[20413] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Discussion point: Telco quality?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Kilbourn)
Mon Oct 12 14:40:09 1998
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 09:55:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Chris Kilbourn <kilbo-list@forest.net>
To: Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net>
cc: Geoff Lisk <glisk@digisle.net>, Paul Ferguson <ferguson@cisco.com>,
nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981011212443.5259B-100000@sasami.anime.net>
On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Dan Hollis wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Geoff Lisk wrote:
> > Considering about 97% of our data network outages are caused by the telcos,
> > I shudder when I hear that Lucent wants to make my data network as reliable
> > as the voice network.
>
> Data point. We recently had GTE erroneously delete a circuit so completely
> that they couldnt find it in *any* of their records. Had to have a lineman
> go out on site and physically trace the circuit back to the CO. Took them
> 12 hours to get the circuit back up.
>
> "Telco quality" my ass.
Heh. Try these:
http://www.forest.net/advanced/isp/gtesucks1.html
Regards,
Chris
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