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Re: 292 cellular towers out of service due to generator failure


From: Thornton <thornton-nanog () cierragroup com>
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 04:29:40 -0700


On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 15:41, Sean Donelan wrote:
Due to a generator failure, 292 Sprint wireless towers in Polk, Pasco,
Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee, Hardee, Sarasota and Charlotte counties
were disrupted.  There is no estimated time for restoration of power
to the Sprint switch serving the towers.


For that many towers to have power generator issues makes you wonder if
they had power generators to begin w/. Maybe they just had a few hours
worth of UPS power or something.

Thornton
Cierra Group
www.cierragroup.com
Efficient Licensing and Consulting


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