[26354] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Y2k silly season
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Mon Dec 27 16:09:46 1999
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
Message-Id: <199912272058.PAA16854@sigma.nrk.com>
To: rmcannon@mail.com (Robert Cannon), nanog@merit.edu (nanog list)
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 15:58:29 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <382652360.946324274764.JavaMail.root@web32.pub01> from "Robert Cannon" at Dec 27, 99 02:51:14 pm
Reply-To: wb8foz@nrk.com
Content-Type: text
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Unnamed Administration sources reported that Robert Cannon said:
>
>
> >From the Federal Governments Y2K Consumer Information Pages
>
> "An unusually large number of telephone calls are likely to be made on New
> Year’s Eve and on New Year's Day, 2000. This high traffic could cause delays
> and other problems on the telephone network unrelated to any Year 2000
> problems. For this reason, we ask that you minimize telephone use on New
> Year’s Eve or Day."
> http://www.y2k.gov/java/Y2K_message.htm
>
> -Robert Cannon
> Speaking almost entirely for myself
And in the words of an official Y2K plan from an unnamed agency:
Do not tie up the phone lines; send a fax instead.
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