[43922] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Thursday Hawaii telephone mishap
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles Sprickman)
Sun Oct 28 12:43:53 2001
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 12:42:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Sprickman <spork@inch.com>
To: Steve Goldstein <sgoldste@nsf.gov>
Cc: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
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On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Steve Goldstein wrote:
> FYI, at about the time of the break, I was engaged in a Web-based
> meeting that included the Maui Supercomputer Center. We were using a
> phone bridge in San Jose, CA. The phone conversation persisted, but
> Maui's Internet connection dropped.
I do believe that if STP/SS7(?) trunks are dropped, calls in progress are
not interrupted. Just my observation from when we did a number change and
all that SS7 magic made our numbers move to a new provider. The cut was
made, but all existing calls on our old dial equipment chugged merrily
along...
Charles
> --Steve
> --
>
