[26389] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Nigerian state-run telephone company cuts lines because of Y2K fear
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Thu Dec 30 11:09:02 1999
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 11:05:02 -0500
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.Nether.net>
To: Robert Cannon <rmcannon@mail.com>
Cc: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>, nanog@merit.edu
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On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 10:52:21AM -0500, Robert Cannon wrote:
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> Any additional reports concering this?
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We received some similar type information in our area:
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Effective at midnight December 31, 1999 through approximately 8 AM January
3, 2000, Ameritech will not accept repair calls unless they are causing
life threatening emergencies. This procedure is also being followed by
several other network providers in anticipation of Y2K. This does not
reflect on the Y2K preparedness. It is just one more precaution the
carriers are taking to make sure they aren't swamped with repair calls
over the weekend.
While we will take trouble reports from our customers throughout the
weekend, we will not be submitting them until after 8 AM January 3, 2000.
Please let your customers know that all normal response times are
temporarily suspended and that nothing will be done on repair calls until
Monday morning.
If a customer wants to call Ameritech direct, please give them the
appropriate repair number or the Y2K hotline number 888 247-5259.
On a related note...I have called several Y2K people at Ameritech and they
know nothing of a rumor that claims Ameritech will be "rebooting" all
their central offices beginning at midnight on the 31st. Several
customers have apparently heard this rumor and are concerned that it would
be harmful to their business.
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