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Re: Thursday Hawaii telephone mishap

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andy Walden)
Sat Oct 27 00:15:09 2001

Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 22:15:31 -0500 (CDT)
From: Andy Walden <andy@tigerteam.net>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
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On Sat, 27 Oct 2001, Sean Donelan wrote:

>
> http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2001/Oct/26/ln/ln01a.html
>
> A Verizon telephone worker accidentally cut a fiber cable in Kalihi
> yesterday, setting off a chain reaction that resulted in the most
> widespread phone failure in the Islands in recent years.

Widespread chaos ensued:

"The Maui Visitors Bureau Visitor Information Center  the agency's tourist
call center on Moloka'i  was crippled for 27 minutes."  :)

andy

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