[91453] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Abovenet fibre cut
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard A Steenbergen)
Fri Jul 28 14:31:07 2006
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:30:19 -0400
From: Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20060728155135.GA64900@icarus.home.lan>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 08:51:35AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
>
> Has anyone heard of a fibre cut affecting Abovenet customers
> (particularly those utilising MPLS), possibly centralised around
> the east coast?
>
> I've managed to confirm with the Abovenet NOC that there is a cut
> which is likely the reason we're seeing increased latency between
> California and Virginia, and Arizona and Virginia, but have no
> other details about the problem, nor the location of the cut.
Kingwood TX (outside Houston), no ETR. It's affecting GBLX too. That is a
major link in the southern crosscountry path for a lot of folks and the
closest detour is probably going to be up through Dallas, Chicago, and New
York.
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