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

[Andy Ringsmuth]

But we all want to know!

Were any emergency calls actually in progress?   :-)

“Are there any emergency calls in progress?”

<pause>

“Good enough."

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> On Sep 8, 2020, at 12:45 PM, Chapman, Brad (NBCUniversal) <Brad.Chapman at nbcuni.com> wrote:
> 
> 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$ 
>> 
>> [ reply comments to -discuss ]
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> -- jr '<admin/>' a
>> 
>> [* AT&T splash cuts Glendale stepper CO to 5ESS in 1984 ]
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