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Re: Y2k silly season
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan () robotics net>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 15:42:36 -0500 (EST)
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Robert Cannon wrote:
In regards to self fulfilling prophecies: The phone companies won't admit it but they are scared that at 1 second past midnight, everyone will say to themselves, "Hmmm, lights are still on, I wonder if the phones have stopped working?" and then within 1 minute, millions of people will be lifting their phones off the hooks to check dial-tone. You know what happens when that happens. :-)
This is only a problem in some networks. Most of the time the actual dial tone does not congest the system. As someone who builds telephone networks I have to say that at least the 26 CLECs I work with will do fine. :) I am more worried about the people factor, when people freak out you can have problems.
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