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Re: [TCLUG:13189] US West at it's US Worst...
yep, felt it all the way up here in princeton.. our voice/data T1 was
alarming.
feel free to visit http://www.leonine.com/voice and listen to any of the
UFWest audio parodies
Thank You,
Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)
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On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Ben Beuchler wrote:
> Heh heh...
>
> We lost all of our DSL customers for a while (about an hour) yesterday.
> The router was alarming, saying that the ATM link to US West was down. We
> tried to call them and (this is when we first realized that it was
> something BIG) and got a fast busy signal! Normally, as you know, those
> only show up during tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes, and Mother's Day.
>
> When we (I) finally managed to talk to a tech there (after our link came
> back up, of course) we learned that they had lost, not just our link, but
> 96 (that's ninety-six!!) T3 lines!
>
> Ouch.
>
> Ben
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