Re: Effects of Cold Front on Internet Infrastructure - U.S. Midwest

[Fletcher Kittredge <fkittred () gwi net>]

Cold changes the transmission characteristics of fiber. At one point we
were renting some old dark fiber from the local telephone company in
northern Maine. When it would get below -15%-degree F the dB would get bad
enough that the link using that fiber would stop working. The telephone
company was selling us dark fiber because regulation required them to. They
refused to give us another fiber nor inspect/repair. They took the position
they were required to sell us fiber, not working fiber.


On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 11:41 AM Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom mu> wrote:

> For anyone running IP networks in the Midwest, are you having to do
> anything special to keep your networks up?
>
> For the data centres, is this cold front a chance to reduce air
> conditioning costs, or is it actually straining the infrastructure?
>
> I'm curious, from a +27-degree C summer's day here in Johannesburg.
>
> Mark.


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