The first cable cut occurred at 13:43 GMT close to Vernegues-France 
involving a group of six cables, damaged by an excavator, interrupting the 
service on the segment Marseille-Lyon.

The second cable cut occurred at 14:21 GMT on a highway near to 
Milano/Bersaglio, about 530km away, interrupting the service on the segment 
Milano-Zurich.

Service was restored at 1:40 GMT the next day.

It just shows that protected fiber rings do have an enemy - and his name is 
Murphy.

-Hank


>TI Sparkle just confirmed they are having a fault.
>
>Email from Telecom Italia Sparkle - Seabone NOC:
>
>Dear
>We have a big fault ( fiber cut) in france 2 cuts and one in milan.
>
>We are working to solve it asap.
>
>Regards
>
>
>———————————————- Telecom Italia Sparkle SpA
>Customer Assistance/Assurance I° t Se at bone Network Operations Center Via
>M. Palocco, 223 – Rome, IT
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Varaillon Jean Christophe [mailto:varaillon at cosmoline.com]
> > Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 7:05 PM
> > To: nanog at nanog.org
> > Subject: Fiber Cut in Italy
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > It seems that there is a major fiber cut in Italy (not really near 
> nanog, so
> > just in case...)
> >
> > I was just wondering if anybody has heard of any possible recovery time 
> - as
> > there is none official one yet.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Jean-Christophe VARAILLON