MCI reported to us in Houston that they had a bad card in one of their core routers here during the time you mentioned. The only way we knew about it was to call the NOC. Fortunately, we are a direct customer. -- Stan | Academ Consulting Services |internet: sob@academ.com Olan | For more info on academ, see this |uucp: {mcsun|amdahl}!academ!sob Barber | URL- http://www.academ.com/academ |Opinions expressed are only mine.