The downtime was considerable. It was described as a "catastrophic failure". No exact details of exactly what happened, but appearently something more significant than the average fiber cut, to judge by the length of time between techs arriving on site, and the eventual repair. Daniel Golding NetRail,Inc. "Do Not Taunt Happy Fun Ball" On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Seth H Holmes wrote:

FYI: They've given a 7PM EDT repair. And I'm seeing our fiber with them coming up right about now.

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Daniel Golding wrote:

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This was (and is) a major Broadwing fiber cut.

- Daniel Golding

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-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of Sean Donelan Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 6:24 PM To: jade.deane@HelloNetwork.com Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: cerf/att.net peering and or transit issues?

There was a fiber cut about that time, which may be affecting routing and transit in various cross-country networks.

On Thu, 26 April 2001, "Jade E. Deane" wrote:

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Anyone experiencing issues transiting or peering with legacy cerf.net?

Started noticing issues around 2:30pm PDT

Jade

Jade E. Deane Sr. Network Engineer helloNetwork Las Vegas, Nevada

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