Re: [TCLUG:13189] US West at it's US Worst...

[Bob Tanner <tanner@real-time.com>]

Quoting Ben Beuchler (insyte@emt-p.org):
> 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!

Yeah, we lost our DSL link today for a couple of minutes as well.
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