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RE: MCI/Worldcom fiber cut in NY?
by Dan Rabb 18 Sep '99

18 Sep '99

I'm waiting for the obvious ping joke... Dan Rabb dbn Corp. -----Original Message----- From: Jake Khuon [mailto:khuon@GCtr.Net] Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 11:51 PM To: nanog(a)Merit.Net Subject: Re: MCI/Worldcom fiber cut in NY? ### On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 20:00:00 -0600, "Alec H. Peterson" ### <ahp(a)hilander.com> casually decided to expound upon John Fraizer ### <John.Fraizer(a)EnterZone.Net> the following thoughts about "Re: ### MCI/Worldcom fiber cut in NY?": AHP> John Fraizer wrote: AHP> > AHP> > Bullet proof, YES. Waterproof, Doubtful. AHP> AHP> Sure you can, make it so that it's at least several hundred feet above sea AHP> level, and not in a flood plain. Or in a submarine... great way for the gov't to earn extra money by converting its SSBNs. Pros include: * High survivability even in the midst of tactical nuclear strikes * Totally indepedent power source that will last years without the need to replenish fuel... DC power generally available * Heightened security... the facility is always at DEFCON 2 * Excellent heat dissipation * 24x7 on-site NOC Cons include: * Cramped quarters... routers must fit inside either 21" torpedo tubes or SLBM silos * All equipment must comply with increased noise abatement rules * Access to the facility accomplished via helo or underwater insertion through the diving trunk. * Potential for your equipment to be "accidently" ejected * Very slow low bandwidth circuit availability via ELF * On-site staff generally very grumpy after their 3 month "shift" -- /*====================[ Jake Khuon <khuon(a)GCtr.Net> ]======================+ | Network Statistics Engineer, NSM/Net-Eng /~ |2 () |\| ~|~ | @ |2 | | VOX: +1(408)543-4828 Fax: +1(408)543-4806 _/~ G L & B A L C E N T E R | +===============[ 141 Caspian Court, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 ]===============*/

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Re: MCI/Worldcom fiber cut in NY?
by Eric Kozowski 18 Sep '99

18 Sep '99

On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 09:47:46PM -0700, Scott Michel wrote: > On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Eric Kozowski wrote: > > > > OK. So I suggest Twentynine Palms, CA for the next exchange. > > > > stray artillery rounds or 500 lb bombs.... > > Uh, no, no, that wouldn't happen these days. Uncle Sam's Misguided > Children moved. The forwarding address is either Camp Pendleton or > Miramar MCAS. They did a pretty complete cleanup of the area and > Orange County is attempting to put a commercial airport there. nah, you're thinking of el toro. 29 palms is out in the mojave. nothing like 125 deg. farenheit in the shade....

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MCI/Worldcom fiber cut in NY?
by John Fraizer 17 Sep '99

17 Sep '99

Is anyone else experiencing connectivity issues to MAE-EAST? I have been informed that there is a MCI/Worldcom fiber cut in NY somewhere but, I have been unable to confirm this.

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Worldcom Fibre Cut
by James Cumming 17 Sep '99

17 Sep '99

Worldcom US have confirmed that there is definately a major fibre cut in New-York and they quote "if you have anything going in or out of NY it will be affected". They do not currently have an ETR. James -- James Cumming, Backbone Engineering, GX Networks Ltd. (Formerly Xara Networks) 113-123 Upper Richmond Road, Putney, London, United Kingdom. SW15 2TL Tel: +44 (0)20 8957 1063 Fax: +44 (0)20 8957 1100 Mobile: +44 (0)7970 156457

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Seeking ISP/CLEC in Wash/New York
by Jan Ahrent Czmok 16 Sep '99

16 Sep '99

Sorry to be a bit off-topic for this list, but we're looking to auire some isp or isp/clec in business either in the washington / newyork or San Jose Area. We're looking into business professionals which would like to get part in the "gigabell familiy". the interesting ones could be: - offering Dialup / Leased Lines - possible DSL Buildouts (and customers) - some techies. - sales personnel. If you're interested, please contact off-list to j.czmok(a)gigabell.net and sorry again for being off-topic!!! Greetings Jan Czmok Senior Network Engineer Gigabell AG

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Power Outage in Washington, DC
by David Stoddard 16 Sep '99

16 Sep '99

Much of the area around Washington, DC, is experiencing power outages due to the storm. We have been on generator power since 3:30 pm EDT. Just a heads up in case any of you are having a hard time reaching sites around DC ... Dave Stoddard US Net Incorporated 301-361-6000 dgs(a)us.net

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Comments about 'Keystone' for internal ticketing
by Rich Sena 16 Sep '99

16 Sep '99

We have been using Jitterbug for a while for our ticketing system - but have quickly outgrown it - and seem to have a need to move onward to a SQL based set-up - I've been looking at a few and have started focussing on Keystone - anyone using it and have some comments good/bad/creative re: same... please hit me off-list... -- I am nothing if not net-Q! - ras(a)poppa.thick.net

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InterNap
by Alba, Victor 16 Sep '99

16 Sep '99

Is anyone familiar regarding the services provided by a company called InterNap? We've been approached by them and my boss is convinced we should drop several of the T's we have with different providers and get a fractional DS3 with them. I am not sure that would be a smart thing to do so I'd appreciate any comments regarding their services. Thanks! -Victor

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RE: Any known issues at Mae West ?
by Lance Tatman 16 Sep '99

16 Sep '99

We brought up a 5th OC-3c circuit between MCI/Worldcom and NASA Ames yesterday to prevent any congestion on the trunks. Apparently unrelated, but very close to the same time, the existing 4 OC-3c circuits destabilized and caused the problems you all saw yesterday. -Lance- -----Original Message----- From: Jan Ahrent Czmok [SMTP:j.czmok@gigabell.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 4:10 PM To: Mr. James W. Laferriere Cc: nanog(a)merit.edu Subject: Re: Any known issues at Mae West ? * Mr. James W. Laferriere (babydr(a)baby-dragons.com) [990915 22:15]: > > > Hello All, There seems to be a bit of congestion(?) at > Mae West & SanJose . Could someone else verify ? Tia, JimL > +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ > | James W. Laferriere | System Techniques | Give me VMS | > | Network Engineer | 25416 22nd So | Give me Linux | > | babydr(a)baby-dragons.com | DesMoines WA 98198 | only on AXP | > +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ > > Can ack this. starting about 8 hours ago, but no sign of higher bandwidth usage. Jan >

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Re: IS-IS reference
by Vadim Antonov 15 Sep '99

15 Sep '99

I think the right plan of action should be: a) design numbering plan allowing aggregation on per-location basis; b) design a dynamically-routed redundant backbone and c) attach tree-like access networks to the backbobne. The backbone should not take _any_ routing information from the leaf networks. It would also help to keep strict access controls, and separate backbone routers from leaf access routers, so only the authorized backbone engineers can change things in those. Leaf networks should do static routing, and no proxy ARP. This way any damage from badly behaving hosts or apps is limited to the segment they're on. And don't do multicasting. May be we should start defensive networking classes? :) --vadim

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