On Thu, 20 May 2004, Dan Armstrong wrote:
Forgive me, but
Isn't Sonet usually deployed in a ring? Why the heck would a fiber this important not be?
You are making assumptions. Large Part of Southern Utah Without 911 Service May 20 2004 http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=95368 Verizon phone service, 911 interrupted May 20 2004 http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/8711763.htm Phone Outage Could Limit 911 Access May 19 2004 http://www.nbc4.com/news/3324749/detail.html Stuff happens, stuff has always happened, stuff will continue to happen. 9-1-1 is much more complex than a normal dialed telephone call, is it any surpise it has problems every once in a while. Its always a good idea to keep the normal 7 or 10 digit phone number for your local emergency services some place. You don't get the benefit of automatic location; but direct dialing has the advantage of working over any working connection to the PSTN including wireline, cellular, voip, satellite, ham radio patch, etc.