[Outages-discussion] [EXTERNAL] Re: [outages] Major Verizon FiOS Outage VA/MD/NJ/PA 11/12/24 12:28am EST - Ongoing

[Mel Beckman]

Bro (and I mean that :),

Has Verizon FIOS ever issued RFOs? I’ve been a customer, and a CO contractor, for a decade, and I don’t ever remember seeing one. DIA, yes. FIOS, let them eat cake!

 -mel

> On Nov 13, 2024, at 2:21 PM, Peter Beckman via Outages-discussion <outages-discussion at outages.org> wrote:
> 
> Has anyone heard the RFO/COE?
> 
>> On Tue, 12 Nov 2024, Ross Tajvar via Outages-discussion wrote:
>> 
>> I'm on fios and was/am affected by this outage. Traceroutes were stopping
>> (I switched to my VZW hotspot so I'm not in a position to check again) at
>> my local firewall so, while I didn't directly try to ping the upstream BNG,
>> I'm pretty sure it was unreachable. My ONT remained connected though. So
>> not sure what's going on here but I don't think it's as simple as a
>> backhaul failure.
>> 
>> On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 1:55 AM Chapman, Brad (NBCUniversal) via
>> Outages-discussion <outages-discussion at outages.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> (this email was sent to outages-discussion)
>>> 
>>> Downdetector is showing a wide range of services and applications with
>>> outage spikes, and the maps corresponding to the user reports are *mostly*
>>> concentrated on the eastern Seaboard.
>>> 
>>> I'm gonna put $20 on "backbone provider failure," specifically Verizon /
>>> GTE.
>>> 
>>> Did someone trip over some fiber optic cables?  Has there been a loss of
>>> power at a major communications hub?
>>> 
>>> -Brad
>>> 
>>> —Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On Nov 11, 2024, at 10:16 PM, Kenneth Padgett via Outages <
>>> outages at outages.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Confirmed. We’re seeing sites all over these areas offline.
>>> 
>>> KP
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 01:07 Cary Wiedemann via Outages <
>>> outages at outages.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Major multi-state Verizon FiOS outage began at 12:28am EST and is still
>>>> ongoing.
>>>> 
>>>> Virginia, DC, Maryland, New Jersey, all affected.
>>>> Eastern Pennsylvania (Philadelphia region) is affected, Western
>>>> Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) not impacted.
>>>> New York City is not impacted.
>>>> 
>>>> Last few Verizon FiOS events were far more regional, this one is
>>>> widespread.
>>>> 
>>>> Verizon Wireless seems unaffected so far.
>>>> 
>>>> Traceroutes die before hitting the ALTER.NET
>>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://ALTER.NET__;!!PIZeeW5wscynRQ!tV7PM7WRGJI4oUUHxju5EdmiEHIH79yI9mtgjN2da_HnUHribTEdCzJGLNRi78Qow4LzHvvorX0m48NcqXg$>
>>>> core.
>>>> 
>>>> Hopefully unannounced maintenance given the timing.
>>>> 
>>>> - Cary
>>>> 
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