Abovenet fibre cut

Fri Jul 28 18:30:19 UTC 2006

On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 08:51:35AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> 
> Has anyone heard of a fibre cut affecting Abovenet customers
> (particularly those utilising MPLS), possibly centralised around
> the east coast?
> 
> I've managed to confirm with the Abovenet NOC that there is a cut
> which is likely the reason we're seeing increased latency between
> California and Virginia, and Arizona and Virginia, but have no
> other details about the problem, nor the location of the cut.

Kingwood TX (outside Houston), no ETR. It's affecting GBLX too. That is a 
major link in the southern crosscountry path for a lot of folks and the 
closest detour is probably going to be up through Dallas, Chicago, and New 
York.

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