a backhoe (or potentially a group of labourers with picks and shovels) managed to sever a pile of cable near one of the CO's in Karachi, Pakistan. this outage is effecting several ISP's and voice services. ETA for fix is 14:00 GMT 8^) -- [ Jim Mercer jim@reptiles.org +1 416 410-5633 ] [ Now with more and longer words for your reading enjoyment. ]