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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Issue appears to be affecting service in several facilities here in Pennsylvania as well. We are unable to make outgoing calls to Verizon customers. Long distance service to other vendors is currently working. Inbound calls from Verizon customers are successful, but outbound calls are not routing properly. Windstream rep was not sure if this issue was related to the outage in the Midwest. I was told not to expect an update on this until Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Lance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sullivan County School District</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Russell Goings [mailto:russgoings@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 24, 2012 3:59 PM<br><b>To:</b> outages@outages.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [outages] Windstream Outage Affecting Ohio?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Just did some testing from a PRI in our Downtown Chicago office and the call connects however there is no audio. This is also affecting a larger office in Aurora, IL. We hare not hearing anything like an ETR from our contacts (mostly in the business side of Windstream), just the unhappiness that goes with a major outage.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 3:32 PM, bernie listsub <<a href="mailto:bernie.listsub@landmark.coop" target="_blank">bernie.listsub@landmark.coop</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Just got word from some higher-ups in Windstream that the Voice issue is supposedly on track for resolution around 15:00 CDT.<br><br>Consider me hopeful, yet highly skeptical.<br><br><br>================================<br>Nick “Bernie” Bernhardt<br> <a href="tel:%28608%29%20819-3153">(608) 819-3153</a><br><a href="mailto:nick.bernhardt@landmark.coop">nick.bernhardt@landmark.coop</a><br>================================<br>“We are a COOPERATIVE business dedicated to providing rural and urban customers with the HIGHEST QUALITY products and services. We will enhance our producers’ profitability, EXCEED customer expectations and keep our cooperative financially STRONG.”<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:outages-bounces@outages.org">outages-bounces@outages.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:outages-bounces@outages.org">outages-bounces@outages.org</a>] On Behalf Of Joe Ghammashi (IBF)<br>Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 02:10 PM<br>To: '<a href="mailto:outages@outages.org">outages@outages.org</a>'<br>Subject: Re: [outages] Windstream Outage Affecting Ohio?<br><br>An engineer from Windstream has confirmed that our outage in Columbus, OH is also related to the larger outage affecting the upper mid-west region.<br><br><br><br>Joe Ghammashi<br><a href="tel:%2B1.614.421.5294">+1.614.421.5294</a><br><a href="http://norse.com" target="_blank">norse.com</a><br><br><br><br><span style='font-family:Symbol'>P</span> Please think before printing this email<br><br><br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Joe Ghammashi (IBF)<br>Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 1:44 PM<br>To: '<a href="mailto:outages@outages.org">outages@outages.org</a>'<br>Subject: Windstream Outage Affecting Ohio?<br><br>We out experiencing the following issues at our Columbus, OH facility:<br><br>Inbound Long-Distance and Local Calls - Calls are either routed to the wrong business, ring busy, or the call is completed with no audio at either end.<br><br>Outbound Long-Distance Calls - Calls seem to complete but no audio is heard on either end.<br><br>While these symptoms sound similar to reports from WI and MI, the Windstream rep we spoke with was not sure if the cut fiber was affecting OH as well so a ticket was opened.<br><br><br>Joe Ghammashi<br>Manager, NDS Infrastructure<br><br>Norse Dairy Systems<br>1740 Joyce Avenue<br>Columbus, Ohio 43219<br>United States of America<br>Work: <a href="tel:%2B1.614.421.5294">+1.614.421.5294</a><br>Fax: <a href="tel:%2B1.614.421.5494">+1.614.421.5494</a><br>Email: <a href="mailto:jghammashi@norse.com">jghammashi@norse.com</a><br><br><br><br><br><br><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" target="_blank">https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages</a><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" target="_blank">https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>