Fiber cut on Irish Sea + Verizon fiber cut

Mon Mar 30 13:37:13 UTC 2009

The two might be related since it was reported that both happened Sunday
Morning.

Ken Gilmour wrote:
> Hi Isabel,
> 
> It hasn't been confirmed to me yet but some people have mentioned that
> it is most likely to belong to Global Crossing.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ken
> 
> 2009/3/29 isabel dias <isabeldias1 at yahoo.com>:
>> ken, who's fiber on the ground was it after all?
>>
>> Roderick Beck wrote:
>>> Probably Global Crossing.
>>>
>>> A very strong wager.
>>>
>>> -R.
>>> ------Original Message------
>>> From: Ken Gilmour
>>> To: isabeldias1 at yahoo.com
>>> Cc: nanog at nanog.org
>>> Subject: Re: Fiber cut on Irish Sea
>>> Sent: 29 Mar 2009 16:04
>>>
>>> We received the report from Packet Exchange, however they are not the
>>> owners of the cable. I assume they just rent spectrum.
>>>
>>> 2009/3/29 isabel dias <isabeldias1 at yahoo.com>:
>>>> affecting whom? and who's network?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- On Sun, 3/29/09, Ken Gilmour <ken.gilmour at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> From: Ken Gilmour <ken.gilmour at gmail.com>
>>>>> Subject: Fiber cut on Irish Sea
>>>>> To: nanog at nanog.org
>>>>> Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 4:55 PM
>>>>> Hi There,
>>>>>
>>>>> Since we use a vendor of "the vendor" of two
>>>>> Irish sea submarine
>>>>> cables I am wondering if anyone has first hand information
>>>>> on the
>>>>> fiber cut this morning? Does anyone have a status update on
>>>>> what is
>>>>> happening? I am getting some Chinese whispers going on
>>>>> here.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Ken
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent wirelessly via BlackBerry from T-Mobile.
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