Martin Hannigan wrote:
They could've back doored the long haul, and it's possible they did on different products. The local traffic would pop back if they did depending upon network configuration since the FCP's and CO's are still up and running. Think about it, if you can make a phone call during a fiber cut, why can't you process an IP packet? (I'm discussing layer 1. I'm waiting to see the preso in Dallas to comment on anything higher :) )
Well, sometimes you can't make a phone call during a fiber cut. During the Sprint outage a couple of weeks ago the first thing we noticed were strange PSTN outages. High-and-dry and reorder for the most part with an occasional "circuits busy" intercept. The cut didn't have any significant effect on IP as far as we could tell (but we're not a Sprint customer).
Yes, agreed. You end up at reduced capacity in most cases which would explain the reorders. What's high and dry? Dead air? -M< -- Martin Hannigan (c) 617-388-2663 Renesys Corporation (w) 617-395-8574 Member of the Technical Staff Network Operations hannigan@renesys.com