[22371] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OUTAGE: DACS failure in USWEST/spokane
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Stratton)
Mon Dec 28 12:20:14 1998
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 11:33:36 -0500 (EST)
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@robotics.net>
To: Ravi Pina <ravi@qual.net>
cc: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>, nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19981228025844.B25654@qual.net>
On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Ravi Pina wrote:
> A good system that I found to work for an institution I once wored
> for -- every Tuesday at around 1:00pm (a light load), the diesel
> system would be kicked in for 10 to 15 minutes. It was a frequent
> enough schedule to detect any problems far in advance for repair.
Right, but how to you make sure your providers do the same thing? I would
think that just checking your batteries every few years would not be that
hard, but many RBOCs have problems with this in many service areas.
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> -ravi
