West Coast broken / Sprint problems

Mon Jan 9 23:41:53 UTC 2006

BTW, our Sprint DS3 came back up about 15 minutes ago.

Bruce Robertson, President/CEO                           +1-775-348-7299
Great Basin Internet Services, Inc.    company-wide fax: +1-775-348-9412
http://www.greatbasin.net                       my efax: +1-775-201-1553

Olsen, Jason wrote:

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>>Got confirmation from my Sprint service manager that there's 
>>a fairly major cut.  I quote, 
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>>	"Currently, Sprint has been impacted by a major network 
>>event (fiber cut) on the West Coast. This fiber cut has 
>>impacted both data and voice services. I will provide updates 
>>ASAP...."  
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>>This was followed up about 8 minutes later with, "The fiber 
>>cut occurred outside of Phoenix. The fiber techs should have 
>>arrive at 4pm CT."
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>More updates from my contact at Sprint and there's some interesting
>factoids in here:
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>	"There are some locations east of the Rockies that are
>experiencing issues. Sprint network control centers have multiple
>bridges activated and are exploring restoration opportunities.  1,401
>DS3s and 42 Sonet Rings impacted.  We have 3+ fiber techs at the cut
>site.  It has not been confirmed if this is impacting multiple
>carriers."
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>He followed up at 1717 Central to add, "20 of the 40 have been restored.
>I was told the other 20 should be restored within an hour. I am trying
>to confirm the ETR and to ensure it includes all the ds3s."
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