[32268] in North American Network Operators' Group
Qwest to pay $350 million for fiber cut( Re: PSINet outage?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Wed Nov 15 17:52:19 2000
Date: 15 Nov 2000 14:44:26 -0800
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To: max_smetannikov@ziffdavis.com
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Wed, 15 November 2000, max_smetannikov@ziffdavis.com wrote:
> Is anybody else hearing about PSINet having a major outage that is
> affecting Internet and e-mail traffic all along eastern seaboard? MS
It was a fiber cut.
And carriers are getting very serious about fiber cuts. In Austin a
jury ordered Qwest to pay over $350 million to AT&T for repeatedly
cutting a fiber optic line.
http://biz.yahoo.com/apf/001115/cut_cable_.html
Also, I'll be moderating a panel at the Underground Damage Prevention
conference at the end of November in Boston with representatives from
a couple of carriers on protecting against Internet fiber cuts.
http://www.damageprevention.com/
If any carriers have a story about what a great job they are doing, I
would love to include a mention of it at the panel. I have lots of
horror stories, but I would love to announce some successes. So far
the only success story I have is from Sprint, who had 61 fiber cuts
last year, but only one of them affected traffic.
http://www3.sprint.com/PR/CDA/PR_CDA_Press_Releases_Detail/1,1694,857,00.html
If you are doing something great, I want to mention it.
