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MCI Fiber Cut in VA

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin, Christian)
Wed Jan 13 19:19:24 1999

From: "Martin, Christian" <CMartin@mercury.balink.com>
To: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 18:54:05 -0500

MCI is reporting a cut in the Danville, VA area.  MCI reports 175 DS3s
down.  Cause:  Homeowner building a new driveway.  Splicers have been on
site since 4:00 PM EST.  Seems like traffic in the area is taking the
scenic route, as we are seeing 30 ms response times across SMDS T1
lines...

Chris

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