[50620] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BBC-2 Story on Sept.11
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (cw)
Tue Aug 6 05:18:18 2002
From: cw <security@fidei.co.uk>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 09:28:52 +0100
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0208060439350.8222-100000@web.satlink.com.au>
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On Tue, 6 Aug 2002 04:41:59 +1000 (EST), Alan Sawyer wrote:
>
>Might be of interest, BBC-2 has a story on the impact of Sept-11=
on
>comms networks (7:30 GMT).
>Seems a little dramatic given the real (to comms) impact it had=
but
>it may make interesting viewing.
>
>Alan.
>
I happened to switch the TV on part way through. It wasn't=
exactly overwhelming on actual detail. They concentrated solely=
on the AT&T network (not being familiar with the US network=
there I don't know if there are others involved). They explained=
some of the basic principles that the network management team=
used to cope with the demand but the most technical they got was=
showing the AT&T switch building that got severely damaged when=
one of the minor buildings collapsed.
They did stretch to cover wireless coverage and how the mobile=
phone network was affected along with emergency plans of=
bringing in mobile transmitting units to keep the network=
running.
