[31667] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: UUNet UK network melted
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Fraizer)
Thu Oct 5 11:50:49 2000
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 11:47:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Fraizer <nanog@EnterZone.Net>
To: Simon Lockhart <simonl@rd.bbc.co.uk>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Simon Lockhart wrote:
>
> Last night during their maintenance slot, UUNet UK renumbered from AS1849
> to AS702. We came in this morning to find their network completely broken.
> At 8am BST, their support line said that the work had over-run and would
> be complete by 8:30am. Now, at 9:45am it's still completely down. (We've
> shut down BGP with UUNet and are making the most of nicer connectivity
> through our other transit providers)
>
> Expect loss of connectivity to some UK sites.
>
UUNet sales-critter: "Yes John... I know we charge over 80% more than
(insert nearly anyone)... You're paying for reliability!"
ME: "Bwahahahahahahahah [click]"
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John Fraizer
EnterZone, Inc
