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RE: unblock communications
by woody weaver 11 Sep '01

11 Sep '01

> Would you mind terribly not to abuse national disasters for your > rediculous little completely stupid and currently uncalled > for holy war? isnt that precisely the problem here?

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cnn.com cuts graphics
by Steve Bellovin 11 Sep '01

11 Sep '01

cnn.com has switch to very low graphics, in a very good response to the congestion they have to be experiencing. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb http://www.wilyhacker.com

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Re: Horrible world trade center crash, traffic effect
by Tim Brown 11 Sep '01

11 Sep '01

Thanks to all who forwarded news links. I would like to pass my condolences along to Akamai employees on NANOG. It is a terrible thing when the world experiences something like this, but it is equally terrible when an Internet legend is lost. Sincerely, Tim On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 03:35:38PM -0400, Wohlgemuth, Brian wrote: > Consider it confirmed....sad to say. > > http://us.news2.yimg.com/f/42/31/7m/dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010911/wr/cra > sh_akamai_dc_1.html > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Brown [mailto:timothy.brown@pobox.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 12:33 PM > To: nanog(a)merit.edu > Subject: Re: Horrible world trade center crash, traffic effect > > > > Slashdot is reporting a rumor that Akamai's founder was onboard a plane > into NYC at about the time of the crash. Can someone from Akamai confirm > or deny? > > Thanks, > Tim --

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EAS tests rescheduled
by Sean Donelan 11 Sep '01

11 Sep '01

Several state and local coordinating committees for broadcast television and radion have rescheduled "required weekly test" and "required monthly test" activations of the Emergency Alert System. The EAS is the successor of the old Emergency Broadcast System.

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Danny Lewin on AA 11
by Lloyd Taylor 11 Sep '01

11 Sep '01

Danny Lewin, CTO and cofounder of Akamai, was on one of the planes that hit the WTC. The press release from Akamai is at: http://us.news2.yimg.com/f/42/31/7m/dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010911/bs/cr…

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Network Premption Procedures
by Sean Donelan 11 Sep '01

11 Sep '01

Although most people aren't aware of it, buried in the telecommunication tariffs are a set of network preemption procedures. In event of an federal emergency, any working telecommunication circuit can be preempted to restore an emergency circuit. In event of an federal emergency, restoration priorities are set by the government, not the carrier. Specific circuits must be restored first, before customer circuits. The carrier is supposed to alert you when they need to preempt your circuit, but inability to contact you won't slow them down. Once again, ISPs shouldn't take action before being requested. If your circuits are prempted, the carrier has a schedule of which circuits to restore first. TCG (ATT Local Service), Sprint and Verizon had equipment located in the World Trade Center towers. Most service was delivered locally to the towers, but some intra and inter city loops passed through the facilities. Carriers are reporting several hundred local loops impacted in New York City. Most inter-city and backbone circuits appear to have already been re-routed. A lot of European circuits pass through the area, but at this time, all appear to be operating or have already be re-routed. The electrical grid sustained some damage near the world trade center. Most providers in the area have 8 hours of battery or generator. A couple of providers have issued warnings there may be service disruptions if batteries are generators run down.

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re: Can we help?
by John Kristoff 11 Sep '01

11 Sep '01

I'd also like to volunteer my time and resources to help any organization impacted by this tragedy. Whether its configuring routers, terminating cable or simply making available a network port to park a server for a few weeks I think we can help. I think I can also provide some loaners for those in dire need (e.g. couple 5509/RSM's, 3620, 1900's, Ultra5's, etc.). I realize its no replacement for the lives lost, but if I can help make the healing process just a little bit easier... Call or email me off list if you or someone you know could use some volunteer network related help. John

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RE: Horrible world trade center crash, traffic effect
by Steve Smith 11 Sep '01

11 Sep '01

Congrats and God bless. -----Original Message----- From: M. David Leonard [mailto:mdl@equinox.shaysnet.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 12:27 PM To: Charles Sprickman Cc: nanog(a)merit.edu Subject: Re: Horrible world trade center crash, traffic effect More good news (for me, anyway): my son Nathan was at his desk on the 58th floor when the first plane hit and he escaped with no injuries. I don't know if he will still have a job, but at least he's safe. Info came via AIM. David Leonard ShaysNet.COM On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Charles Sprickman wrote: > > Some good news... an eyewitness who was on the 81st floor of Tower 1(?) > got out (along with everyone on his floor) before the collapse. > Considering the towers were 110 stories high, that bodes well for > evacuation of the towers post-crash... > > On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Thomas P. Brisco wrote: > > > > > > > We're sitting here and watched the tower fall. NYC is insane, > > people (at this point, 30 blocks away) are starting to run in the > > streets. The entire island is locked down, you apparently CANNOT get > > off of Manhattan island. > > The second tower just went down. We're getting reports via > > phone from people about 10 blocks away. > > > > - Tom > >

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AT&T phone network
by Steve Bellovin 11 Sep '01

11 Sep '01

AT&T says that its long distance network is intact, but that there was some equipment damage to its local service in New York. Traffic volume is way up, and there is significant congestion on the East Coast. "To keep as many circuits available as possible for emergency calling, AT&T is asking that customers and employees hold off on non-essential calls into the emergency areas until the situation stabilizes."

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RE: Horrible world trade center crash, traffic effect
by Rishi Singh 11 Sep '01

11 Sep '01

I'm in the heart of this. I work 4 blocks from the WTC. I am at home watching TV via cable and newcasts via dISH satellite. My rooftop antenna isn't receiving anything at all. We had an office in the WTC as well. We haven't heard from those folks yet. As a retired EMT, I am used to working in disaster situations. Nothing could ever prepare me for this. I'm in shock and numb. -----Original Message----- From: deeann mikula [mailto:deeann@telerama.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 10:22 AM To: Charles Sprickman Cc: Avi Freedman; nanog(a)merit.edu Subject: Re: Horrible world trade center crash, traffic effect On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Charles Sprickman wrote: > On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Avi Freedman wrote: > > > FYI, 2 planes crashed into the world trade center. > > Sounds like on purpose. > > > Not to be ghoulish, but the traffic impact is looking to be fairly large > > on the 'net (and on the PSTN in the NYC area). few people (in pgh, PA) that i have been talking to on irc have reported ./'d news sites everywhere. (cnn.com, yahoo.com, msnbc.com, etc.) my office has been relegated am radio, which is pretty pathetic for an ISP. pretty poor performance for a network orginally designed to faciliate communication in just such circumstances. i hope that military and federal communication is faring better than the commercial sites. > All VHF TV stations except for CBS 2 are off the air, many radio stations > are off the air, and it's largely impossible to get a call in. All i assume that in nyc or dc only. we are listening to AM radio just fine... deeann m.m. mikula director of operations telerama public access internet http://www.telerama.com 1.877.688.3200

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