[Outages-discussion] [EXTERNAL] [outages] [META] Some outages are planned

Tue Sep 8 13:45:45 EDT 2020

Ah, the early 1980s... big eyeglass frames, porn ‘staches on every guy’s face, and a corporate soundtrack composed of decomposing disco.  

That’s a great little video.  I can only imagine how many months of work went into wiring up the new ESS switches prior to the cutover. 

-Brad

—Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 8, 2020, at 10:28 AM, Jay R. Ashworth via Outages <outages at outages.org> wrote:
> 
> We're prone, in the networking and IT world, to use the term "cutover" to
> describe what happens when we replace an old system with a new one.  But even
> if you know where the term comes from... I'll bet you've never actually *seen*
> one:
> 
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saRir95iIWk__;!!PIZeeW5wscynRQ!5-DrBAte-Wv1xp4_7sOlrVwwagw0oDWb_ogpLCcuMk195lwOdsfXNRoxLRl9sAzgpw$ 
> 
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> 
> Cheers,
> -- jr '<admin/>' a
> 
> [* AT&T splash cuts Glendale stepper CO to 5ESS in 1984 ]
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