Apparent widespread Worldcom ATM failure

Thu Jul 19 02:55:20 UTC 2001

I think its a great idea but put some junction boxes in.  My company is 100
yards from the main line between LA and SF.  Just about everybody has buried
fiber along that line.  Think I could get a connection?  No...  I have to live
with PacBell and copper cabling.

Roy Engehausen

John Fraizer wrote:

> Who says laying fiber beside RR tracks is a bad idea?
>
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Vincent J. Bono wrote:
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> >
> > This and other outages on MFN and AT&T have been caused by a freight train
> > derailment north of Baltimore.
> >
> > http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/878827/index.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "George William Herbert" <gherbert at retro.com>
> > To: <nanog at merit.edu>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 5:10 PM
> > Subject: Re: Apparent widespread Worldcom ATM failure
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Furthering my previous:
> > > I have been told that this outage totals 5 OC-48s and
> > > over 100 T-3 circuits around the country.  No ETR reported.
> > >
> > >
> > > -george william herbert
> > > gherbert at retro.com
> > >
> >
> >
>
> ---
> John Fraizer
> EnterZone, Inc