transatlantic cable cut

Tue Feb 23 16:47:18 UTC 1999

John Doe #1, Backhoe Driver

Last seen purchasing diving gear. If you have seen this man, please
contact your local authorities immediately.

:)

On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Chris Mauritz wrote:

> Those pesky backhoe drivers will stop at NOTHING!!!!
> 
> 8-)
> 
> Chris Mauritz
> Director, Systems Administration
> Rare Medium, Inc.
> chrism at raremedium.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hhui at arcfour.com [mailto:hhui at arcfour.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 11:22 AM
> To: nanog at merit.edu
> Subject: transatlantic cable cut
> 
> 
> 
>  anyone have any more info on the transatlantic cable cut?
>  it's front page news on BBC online right now.. were any
>  non teleglobe customers affected? how much capacity was
>  put on the cable? (it sounded overloaded to me)
> 
>  curiouser and curiouser,
> 
> -h
> 
> 
> 

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