Fiber cut in SF area

Tue Apr 14 22:57:52 UTC 2009

JC Dill wrote:
> Gino Villarini wrote:
>> Good points, some variables are dependant on the network infrastructure
>> of the wireless provider.  Localy, the main 2 providers have a
>> "copper/fiber independent" networks.
>>
>>   
> I'm pretty sure the WISPs in the Santa Cruz and Gilroy/Morgan Hill
> areas were all also taken offline due to the fiber cut.  (Roy, can you
> verify, for south county?)  Anyone in those areas who relied on a WISP
> as a backup to their fiber/copper link found that their "redundant"
> system wasn't really redundant after all.
>
> You may want to check (verify) how your 2 main providers handle their
> backhaul.
>
> jc
>
>
It based on where the WISP fiber feed was located but in general they
were all down.  There were some special edge cases that stayed up fed
from distant mountain tops.

It didn't seem to matter who your upstream ISP was, they were all gone.