IMPORTANT! This message has been blind-carbon-copied to you. Do not reply-to-all or forward it without the author's permission. [BCC'd to multiple lists, apologies for duplicates] No doubt everybody reading this will alread be aware of the disastrous events unfold in New York and WDC, and untold human cost. As we try and focus back on running networks, it has become evident that much of downtown NY is currently without power, and many telco hotels are running on backup generators. Some are not being started, or cannot start, due to the ash in the air, and some may stop. At least three colo facilities (WTC obviously, 7 WTC next door, Old slip) are down. 25 Broadway (at least) is running on generator power. It is unknown at this stage how much diesel existing facilities have. At least one C/O is gone, and Verizon is having extensive problems in the downtown area. Most transatlantic circuits land in Manhatten, and most are routed through down town area. Though we didn't see much circuit disruption yesterday (apparently UUnet lost some transatlantic capacity - no doubt they can provide more details), I expect more disruption as generators run dry. This is likely to be a difficult week for transatlantic operators. In the spirit of cooperation in adverse circumstances, XO Europe would like to offer free transit to any European ISP with a presence in the UK, in case of any emergency outage caused by the NY / WDC events (i.e. total lack of transit or severe degredation through). We can bring this up quickly in either Telehouse or Harbour Exchange. Obviously we will need to capacity plan this. Please email or ring me first. Don't just point default. XchangePoint has similarly offered to put in private interconnects at minimal notice if required under similar circuimstances (please contact Brett Wilde there). I would encourage other large ISPs with transatlantic capacity spare to join us in this offer. Please feel free to redistribute this message intact. Alex Bligh Senior Technology Officer, Europe XO Communications - http://www.xo.com/ (formerly Nextlink Inc, Concentric Network Corporation GX Networks, Xara Networks) -- Nominet UK Steering Committee Mailing List