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Re: OUTAGE: train derailment in Atlanta, fiber cut


From: David Lesher <wb8foz () nrk com>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 09:16:15 -0400 (EDT)

Unnamed Administration sources reported that Dave Rand said:

MFS has a total of 613 DS3's down at this time - no ETR.  No word on
how many other carriers are affected.  Outage began at 02:15 PDT,
roughly.

Looks like self-healing SONET, isn't. :-(

Self-healing refers to the salesmen's egos, not your connectivity...



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