OUTAGE: train derailment in Atlanta, fiber cut
mwinter at exodus.net
mwinter at exodus.net
Fri Sep 11 12:27:54 UTC 1998
Worldcom told me more than 800 DS3 are affected on their part. It's a
train derailment between Buckhead (?), Georgia and Social Circle, Georgia.
other carriers are affected too.
On Fri, 11 Sep 1998, Dave Rand wrote:
> [In the message entitled "OUTAGE: train derailment in Atlanta, fiber cut" on Sep 11, 5:47, Sean Donelan writes:]
> > Today is off to a great start.
> >
> > A train derailed outside of Atlanta cutting several fiber cables
> > affecting service in the southeast.
>
> MFS has a total of 613 DS3's down at this time - no ETR. No word on
> how many other carriers are affected. Outage began at 02:15 PDT,
> roughly.
>
> Looks like self-healing SONET, isn't. :-(
Just wait for the self-healing teams to finish their work :-)))
- Martin Winter
Exodus Communications
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