OUTAGE: train derailment in Atlanta, fiber cut

Fri Sep 11 11:44:18 UTC 1998

[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. :-(

-- 
Dave Rand
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