Sean has branched out into lightweight tools.... MADRID, June 15 (AFP) - Thousands of phones and Internet connections were severed in 15 Spanish provinces after saboteurs used chainsaws to cut through fibre optic cables belonging to Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica, the Spanish press reported Saturday. ..... Communications between airports were particularly affected, causing delays of three hours in the Galicia region, northwestern Spain, while numerous automatic cash distributors shut down across Spain. ... The Spanish ministry of science and technology has asked telecommunications companies to activate a backup plan in the case of such emergencies in future. Spare fibers in the same duct ;-? -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 12:38:33PM -0400, David Lesher wrote:
The Spanish ministry of science and technology has asked telecommunications companies to activate a backup plan in the case of such emergencies in future.
Spare fibers in the same duct ;-?
RFC1149 would probably have less latency. -- [ Jim Mercer jim@reptiles.org +1 416 410-5633 ] [ I want to live forever, or die trying. ]
Union issue? Or terrorism? Or competition? (or all of the above?) This doesn't seem like the work of disaffected teenagers, for some reason... :) - Dan
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of David Lesher Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 12:39 PM To: nanog list Subject: Sean takes a vacation somewhere sunny....
Sean has branched out into lightweight tools....
MADRID, June 15 (AFP) - Thousands of phones and Internet connections were severed in 15 Spanish provinces after saboteurs used chainsaws to cut through fibre optic cables belonging to Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica, the Spanish press reported Saturday.
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Communications between airports were particularly affected, causing delays of three hours in the Galicia region, northwestern Spain, while numerous automatic cash distributors shut down across Spain.
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The Spanish ministry of science and technology has asked telecommunications companies to activate a backup plan in the case of such emergencies in future.
Spare fibers in the same duct ;-?
-- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
On Sun, 16 Jun 2002 19:38:18 -0400, Daniel Golding wrote:
Union issue? Or terrorism? Or competition? (or all of the above?)
This doesn't seem like the work of disaffected teenagers, for some reason... :)
Maybe the IRA didn't take kindly to being kicked out of the world cup? :0) -- O- cw, security@fidei.co.uk on 18/06/2002 "Part man, part monkey. Baby that's me"
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