BBN (GTE) Suffers another major power problem.

Fri Aug 8 13:06:36 UTC 1997

I can't speak for BBN planet, but the power was out in Cambridge for a 2
hours.  
Anybody that can survive 2 hours running huge amounts of equipment must
have their own power grid. :)

Our little UPSes didn't survive...

-Matthew

At 07:39 AM 8/8/97 -0400, Eric Osborne wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> The BBN Cambridge POP is "down and out" after a nearby manhole fire cut 
>> power to the building housing the POP. 
>> 
>> 
>> 	-Where is the generator backup?
>
>
>It's my understanding that BBN had emergency generator backup, but that it
was
>insufficient to cover this outage.  I'm pretty sure I saw that in one of 
>their ticket emails last night, although it's not in the official ticket 
>history.
>
>
>
>eric
>
>
Matthew White
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Channel 1 Communications
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