Re: NYC FIBER CUT

Hot Diggety! On a bright and sunny day, Sean Donelan was rumored to have said...

We moved all of our equipment and circuits out of NYC after the WTC incident, too expensive, too high-profile, too risky. So I don't get

Probably part of the reasons why the FAA keeps its critical centers such as the ARTCC centers outside of a metropolitan area, such as the Chicago ARTCC is (from memory) about 30-45 minutes west of the Chicago. Ultimately, that's only one factor in the equation dictating placement of network equipment. Cost, available facilities, interconnection needs, and so forth would be other valid factors. -Dan (P.S. For the uninitated, ARTCC stands for Air Route Traffic Control Center. http://www.faa.gov/ats/atssites.htm#artcc )