Ever have one of those 'synergy' kind of days? DRA's network dates back to 1984, and is positively ancient compared to some networks. But even I was left speechless by today's outage. Here's an extract from DRA's trouble ticket diary.
But, I have been give a bit of background information on why they are having so much trouble repairing the circuit. This circuit, a DS3 between LA and San Diego, was owned by Western Union, which was bought out by MCI Local, which is a part of MCI, which merged with World Comm. So, MCI/World Comm has no idea what the circuit ID is of the circuit that is down. There is an MCI tech on site in LA tracing cables to see where this circuit plugs into the Western Union equipment so that they can trouble shoot it.
Do other people have problems like this? Or does Murphy just likes me? -- Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO Affiliation given for identification not representation