[Outages] Outage in Dallas/Ft. Worth area?

[Jeremy Chadwick]

On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 12:27:27PM -0500, Pete Templin wrote:
> Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> > Anyone aware of fibre cuts or power interruptions of any kind in the
> > Dallas/Fort Worth area, at approx. 09:35 PDT?
> > 
> > I'm getting reports of brief service interruptions in IP connectivity
> > from multiple peers (Level 3, SAVVIS, and Sprint have been confirmed by
> > myself, but there may be others).
> 
> I had a transport OC3 drop at 1136CDT and restore at 1142CDT - it rides 
> Telwest via Telx at 2323 Bryan where it hands off to Looking Glass/Level 3.

I've gotten word from a couple sources that that's the exact provider
(Telx) who's responsible for this today.  One of the sources is seeing
problems on the 24th floor of some Telx facility in Dallas.  It will be
interesting to see how this pans out.

Thanks for passing along this information, it's very helpful.

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