[Outages] Fwd: Anyone have details on MCI outage yesterday

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Fergie wrote:
> Forwarded from the NANOG list.
> 
> FYI,
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I thought I heard verizon mentioning that a construction crew trying to
replace a utility pole north of Stevens Point damaged the cable. The
problem affected long distance and data transmissions such as fax lines
and credit card machines.

Not sure if this is related.


regards,
/virendra


> 
> - ferg
> 
> [forwarded message]
> 
> To: nanog at nanog.org
> From: Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com>
> Subject: Anyone have details on MCI outage yesterday
> Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 10:29:01 -0800
> 
> 
> Yesterday, around 10:00 AM Pacific Time 1/5/07, Kwajalein Atoll lost all
> connectivity to the mainland. We were told this was because MCI "lost 40
> DS-3s due to someone shooting up a telephone pole in California"
> 
> This affected Internet, Telephones (although inbound phone calls to the
> islands were possible), and television.
> 
> Kwajalein access to the mainlaind is via Satellite to Washington  
> connected to
> terrestrial link to Georgia.
> 
> The outage lasted more than 12 hours.
> 
> It seems odd to me in this day and age that:
> 
> 	1.	There wasn't a redundant path for these circuits.
> 
> 	2.	It took 12 hours to restore or reroute these circuits.
> 
> Any details would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Owen
> 
> P.S. For those wondering "Where?" There are excellent resources in  
> Wikipedia, but,
> the short answer is Kwajalein Atoll is part of the Marshall Islands  
> and is about the
> midpoint on a line from Honolulu to Sydney.  About 9N by 165E.
> 
> [snip]
> 

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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
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