[outages] Fiber cut in NJ?

[Chris Stone]

David Israel wrote:
> I am hearing rumors of a fiber cut in New Jersey affecting multiple
> providers; anybody have any details?

>From http://status.cogentco.com/

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** Cogent Network Status Report Last Updated Thu Jan 14 12:37:49 2010 **
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Network Status: Warning
DNS Servers Status: Normal
Dialup/IPASS Status: Normal
Mail Servers Status: Normal
Webservers Status: Normal


Cogent Network Status/DNS Server Status Description: Welcome to Cogent
Communications’ Network Status Message. Customers with traffic going through
or on the east coast may be experiencing packet loss and higher than normal
latency due to a fiber cut in New Jersey. Splice crews are at the site.
There is no ETR at this time. The Cogent ticket to reference for this issue
is HD2082680. A separate issue has been identified for customers in Toronto
and Chicago. This appears to be a routing issue and the Cogent NOC is
looking into the problem. There is no ETR at this time. The Cogent ticket to
reference for this issue is HD2082851