<p>Fair point. I acknowledge I jumped the gun. Carry on. <br>
~jason </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">> Catastrophic event sounds better, and makes customers less liked to be annoyed..<br>> <br>> "We had a catastrophic event and that's why you network is down" sounds somewhat reasonable and you get the feeling that they are heroically struggling against terrorist and train wrecks and similar.<br>
> <br>> "Some clod with a spade sliced our cable in half and now we are screwed..." makes them sound incompetent...<br>> <br>> Warren Kumari<br>> ------<br>> Please excuse typing, etc -- This was sent from a device with a tiny keyboard.<br>
> <br>> On Aug 26, 2010, at 5:10 PM, "Jason L. Sparks" <<a href="mailto:jlsparks@gmail.com">jlsparks@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> <br>>> Catastrophic event. Interesting language for a fibre cut?<br>
>> <br>>> ~ jason<br>>> <br>>> > We got this message from our account rep:<br>>> > <br>>> > "We are have a catastrophic event (fiber cut) going in Riverdale, IL"<br>>> > <br>
>> > Not sure if it's related<br>>> > <br>>> > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:54 PM, notifications <<a href="mailto:notifications@mattfilip.com">notifications@mattfilip.com</a><br>>> >> wrote:<br>
>> > <br>>> >> We currently have at least 5 sites down on Verizon Business MPLS in the<br>>> >> Midwest. (Chicago, Milwaukee, Indy) We’ve been on hold with TAC for 30+<br>>> >> minutes. Any info is appreciated.<br>
>> >><br>>> >> _______________________________________________<br>>> >> Outages mailing list<br>>> >> <a href="mailto:Outages@outages.org">Outages@outages.org</a><br>>> >> <a href="https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages">https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages</a><br>
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