[22364] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OUTAGE: DACS failure in USWEST/spokane
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (scott w)
Sun Dec 27 14:43:47 1998
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 09:23:17 -1000 (HST)
From: scott w <scott@digisle.net>
To: Sean Donelan <SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <981227083801.21b12@SDG.DRA.COM>
On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, Sean Donelan wrote:
> SEAN@dra.COM (Sean Donelan) writes:
> >This morning USWEST lost a DACS serving Spokane (and other places
> >in Washington State).
>
> Now the story starts changing. The telco is now saying it was
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is what I see a lot. It is hard for me to tell if it is really a
DACS problem or a scapegoat reason. They use DACS problems the same as a
DS-3 cut. Just to give a fast (but many times untrue) RFO so they can
quickly close their ticket. (It just causes me to push more for the
actual one)
scott