Thursday Hawaii telephone mishap

Mon Oct 29 02:22:58 UTC 2001

At 12:42 PM -0500 10/28/01, Charles Sprickman wrote:
>On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Steve Goldstein wrote:
>
>>  FYI, at about the time of the break, I was engaged in a Web-based
>>  meeting that included the Maui Supercomputer Center.  We were using a
>>  phone bridge in San Jose, CA.  The phone conversation persisted, but
>>  Maui's Internet connection dropped.
>
>I do believe that if STP/SS7(?) trunks are dropped, calls in progress are
>not interrupted.  Just my observation from when we did a number change and
>all that SS7 magic made our numbers move to a new provider.  The cut was
>made, but all existing calls on our old dial equipment chugged merrily
>along...
>

Charles,

You are absolutely correct on that score:

At 2:32 PM -0400 10/27/01, Robert Borchers wrote:
>Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 14:32:36 -0400
>From: "Robert Borchers" <bob at bborchers.com>
>Importance: Normal
>Reply-to: "Robert Borchers" <bob at bborchers.com>
>Subject: Re: Thursday Hawaii telephone mishap -- Verizon-slicin'
>To: sgoldste at nsf.gov
>Status: U
>
>Wiki wiki dig dig. The connection stayed up but it was one of the 
>last calls connected for the next 5 hours. Bob

--Steve
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