[84784] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: What happen in Russia?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frank Coluccio)
Sat Sep 24 17:49:55 2005
From: Frank Coluccio <frank@dticonsulting.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Reply-To: frank@dticonsulting.com
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:48:35 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
re: "Fixed already. There was cable ct bteween Moscow and St. Petersburg."=
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Admittedly OT, but interesting for purpose of providing contrast, from Ghan=
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http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/current1.html=0D
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- Ghana Telecom (GT) has =91lost=92 the underground network cable that prov=
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communications to a number of major government offices in the Osu Castle in=
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Accra, according to The Statesman newspaper. Bulldozer operative Collins An=
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currently in police custody for causing unlawful damage to state property a=
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his machine allegedly tore through the GT cabling as he worked on a site cl=
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the Guinean Embassy. Around 7,000 users are thought to have been cut off=0D
following Antwi=92s actions, including workers at the National Police Headq=
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the National Fire Service and the Bureau of National Investigations. The=0D
Statesman says that with the network down the running of the country will b=
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=91Herculean task=92.=0D
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Frank=0D
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From: "Alexei Roudnev" <alex@relcom.net>=0D
To: <nanog@merit.edu>=0D
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 11:35 AM=0D
Subject: What happen in Russia?=0D
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> What is wrong with Internet in Russia? Looks as they experience overall=
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> slowness (even phone providers are affected).=0D
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