[26015] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Perceived Y2K problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Clegg)
Tue Nov 30 22:08:01 1999
Date: 1 Dec 1999 03:04:43 -0000
Message-ID: <19991201030443.13536.qmail@firehouse.net>
From: "Alan Clegg" <abc@firehouse.net>
To: Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net>
Cc: Eric Germann <ekgermann@cctec.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 30 Nov 1999 18:40:23 PST." <Pine.LNX.4.10.9911301839080.21772-100000@anime.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> I seem to recall data from california, where a good number of handsets get
> knocked off-hook during earthquakes. AFAIK no switch ever crashed as a
> result of the load.
But the phone system in Raleigh, North Carolina crashed for a day when
Garth Brooks tickets went on sale by phone. No matter where you called,
you got a busy signal IF you managed to get a dial-tone at all.
AlanC
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