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NYC 9-1-1 problems due to generator/Cable modems affect police
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Sun Aug 17 21:23:28 2003
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 21:22:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
City to Investigate 911 Outages During Blackout
By LUKAS I. ALPERT
Associated Press Writer
August 17, 2003, 3:37 PM EDT
Problems with the system's telephone service provider caused disruptions
of up to 14 minutes. "We've got to make sure that doesn't happen again,"
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Sunday.
[...]
The disruptions were caused by the failure of a backup diesel generator at
the Verizon Communications office that supplies power to the city's 911
headquarters in downtown Brooklyn, company spokesman John Bonomo said.
[...]
On Sunday, nine police precincts were still experiencing problems
connecting to the department's main computer system, stemming from
disruptions with their cable modem connections.
