[22363] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OUTAGE: DACS failure in USWEST/spokane
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Sun Dec 27 10:20:33 1998
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu (nanog list)
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 10:09:52 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <981227083801.21b12@SDG.DRA.COM> from "Sean Donelan" at Dec 27, 98 08:38:01 am
Unnamed Administration sources reported that Sean Donelan said:
>
> Now the story starts changing. The telco is now saying it was
> a power outage, and the standby power failed at the central
> office.
I have often wondered how vigilant of late the LEC's are in
maintaining their standby power systems. It takes manpower & money
to keep on top of same [In general, it should be run under some
load for an hour, and that should be done once a ~week/month.].
Seeing as how they can't keep other slots filled....
Further, at one time the spec called for the battery plant to
last long enough for a truck-mounted generator to get there when
the in-place unit bits the onion. Wonder if that is still true....
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