[70661] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: fiber cut 19 May/PM -> 20 May/AM in Ashburn, VA (lawnmower?!)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Armstrong)
Fri May 21 00:04:12 2004
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 23:59:50 -0400
From: Dan Armstrong <dan@beanfield.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0405202258560.9854@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Forgive me, but
Isn't Sonet usually deployed in a ring? Why the heck would a fiber this
important not be?
Sean Donelan wrote:
>On Thu, 20 May 2004, Robert E. Seastrom wrote:
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>>in the immediate area. Outage was likely off the radar because despite
>>the big concentration of connectivity in the affected area, the natural
>>cost disadvantage of the ILEC meant that few circuits of consequence
>>were riding that fiber.
>>
>>
>
>It also affected 9-1-1 service in Ashburn and was reported through
>the normal channels. Unfortunately, the FCC no longer makes the outage
>reports available on its web site.
>
>Stuff happens, stuff has always happened, stuff will continue to happen.
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