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OUTAGE: DACS failure in USWEST/spokane
From: Sean Donelan <SEAN () SDG DRA COM>
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 4:37:32 -0600
This morning USWEST lost a DACS serving Spokane (and other places in Washington State). That isn't very unusual, but did spark my interest in a continuing pattern of DACS failures around the country. Not only have several telco's we use had DACS failures (usually a power supply), but the mean time to repair (and reprogram) them was over 12 hours. Whatever method of quickly re-loading the repaired DACS configuration doesn't seem to be working, or the operational procedures of several telephone companies are lacking. Generally after 10-12 hours, the telco usually informs us they are manually re-programming the DACS circuit by circuit. Have other network operators seen the same thing from their facility departments or providers? Is this a problem with the DACS vendor, user- interface design, operator procedures, or dumb management? -- Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO Affiliation given for identification not representation
Current thread:
- OUTAGE: DACS failure in USWEST/spokane Sean Donelan (Dec 27)
- Re: OUTAGE: DACS failure in USWEST/spokane Roeland M.J. Meyer (Dec 27)
- Re: OUTAGE: DACS failure in USWEST/spokane Ulf Zimmermann (Dec 27)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: OUTAGE: DACS failure in USWEST/spokane Sean Donelan (Dec 27)
- Re: OUTAGE: DACS failure in USWEST/spokane David Lesher (Dec 27)
- Re: OUTAGE: DACS failure in USWEST/spokane Nathan Stratton (Dec 27)
- Re: OUTAGE: DACS failure in USWEST/spokane Ravi Pina (Dec 28)
- Re: OUTAGE: DACS failure in USWEST/spokane Nathan Stratton (Dec 28)
- Re: OUTAGE: DACS failure in USWEST/spokane David Lesher (Dec 27)
- Re: OUTAGE: DACS failure in USWEST/spokane scott w (Dec 27)