Re: SkyTel 2Way pagers DOWN all US

[Al Reuben <alex () nac net>]

BTW: 

http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9805/20/satellite.outage/



On Tue, 19 May 1998, Kevin Oberman wrote:

> > Just wanted to inform anyone that relies on this for system notifications
> > etc.  Skytel lost a satellite feed and all of their 2-Way pagers are down.
> > I called them and they told me that it had been down since 5:00pm CST and
> > they hoped to have it back 'soon'.
>
> There was a satellite failure that has taken out most paging in the US. My 
> AirTouch is also out. I assume that the paging comanies are scrambling to get
> other access.
>
> Keep close to the phone and let your NOCs know. :-(
> -- 
> R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
> Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
> Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
> E-mail: oberman () es net                     Phone: +1 510 486-8634

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