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<p class="MsoNormal">This doesn’t come as a surprise to me for CenturyLink. We’ve had their IP services in Tampa taken down by simultaneous cuts between both Tampa and Miami, and Tampa and Dallas(!!). So, they’re clearly comfortable having no tolerance for
more than one fiber cut across 1200+ miles of fiber.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Outages <outages-bounces@outages.org> on behalf of "Weis, Noah via Outages" <outages@outages.org><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>"Weis, Noah" <noah.weis@centurylink.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 2:40 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"outages@outages.org" <outages@outages.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[outages] CANNOT COMMENT BEYOND THIS : Two separate fiber cuts on major routes in US for CTL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Super bad timing. A crap situation and terrible timing. That’s the 30000ft view.<o:p></o:p></p>
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The person that sent the public CTL notes has the right of it. Keep an eye out for similar from others.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">==<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Noah Weis<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Internet Network Architecture, CenturyLink<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">e: <a href="mailto:noah.weis@centurylink.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">noah.weis@centurylink.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">m: +1-503-902-2491<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">This communication is the property of CenturyLink and may contain confidential or privileged information. Unauthorized use of this communication is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you
have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the communication and any attachments.<o:p></o:p></p>
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