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

[Owen DeLong]

I think the Stevens Point outage is a separate incident:

	1.	They claim all services were restored by 5PM CST, but, our
		outage lasted until about 01:30 CST.

	2.	We were told that the utility pole in question was in California.

Owen


On Jan 7, 2007, at 12:25 PM, virendra rode // wrote:

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> Fergie wrote:
>> Forwarded from the NANOG list.
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>> 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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