Perceived Y2K problems

Thu Dec 2 03:29:46 UTC 1999

Unnamed Administration sources reported that Alan Clegg said:
> 
> But the phone system in Raleigh, North Carolina crashed for a day when
> Garth Brooks tickets went on sale by phone.  No matter where you called,
> you got a busy signal IF you managed to get a dial-tone at all.

Crashed?? Or just got molassas-slow? It's *designed* to do that,
to protect itself....

(If M$ was as reliable as telco switches, then Jill Winecooler's
UAE/GPF would be a lead story on the TV news....)

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