[Outages-discussion] [outages] Fiber Cut in SF Bay Area

[Sean Lally]

I always bring a length of fiber with me while backpacking.  If I find
myself lost, I just bury the fiber and a backhoe should be along
shortly to dig it up.

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 9:48 PM, Frank Bulk <frnkblk at iname.com> wrote:
> News coverage here:
> http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_23038054/internet-outage-linked-san-jose-transformer-vandalism
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> Note the competitor’s comments. =)
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> I’m not sure if this fiber was a mixture of a local loop and transport, but
> from the affected services, it looks like there definitely was a transport
> component where customers didn’t have a ring topology to protect them from a
> cut like this.  Perhaps some circuits were built redundantly and this was
> just one path, but we’ll never know.
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> Frank
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> From: Outages [mailto:outages-bounces at outages.org] On Behalf Of Robert
> Glover
> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 1:09 PM
> To: outages at outages.org
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> Subject: Re: [outages] Fiber Cut in SF Bay Area
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> Mitch,
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> Yep that is exactly what I see in Megapath CONNECT as well for our myriad of
> Gilroy circuits..
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> From what I have gathered from various news outlets and other mailing lists,
> a power substation in San Jose was vandalized, along with fiber that runs
> nearby it. HAZMAT had to get the sub-station vandalism cleaned up before
> AT&T could get in to start splicing.
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> -Robert
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> On 04/16/2013 11:01 AM, Mitch wrote:
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> This is all I have from Megapath:
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> Description:
> We are currently experiencing a service interruption due to equipment
> failure at the GLRYCAXF central office in San Jose, CA.
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> UPDATE: Megapath NOC is still following up with Carrier/ ILEC to resolve the
> fibercut issue in their network. No ETR available.
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> Master TT number: 5303870
> Severity Level: P1
> Total End-Users Affected: 1
> Start Time: 04/16/2013 01:15:00 AM PDT
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> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Robert Glover <robertg at garlic.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I've got confirmed reports (from Cogent and Megapath) that there is a fiber
> cut affecting service through the South Bay.  We have Cogent fiber circuits
> down in Campbell and San Martin.   In San Martin, landlines have no dialtone
> and AT&T cell phones have no service whatsoever.  All calls to Gilroy
> landlines are failing to All Circuits Busy.
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> Anyone have any further details?   The issue seems to have started around
> 1:00am PDT or so.
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> -Robert
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