To summarize, I've heard back from folks in San Antonio that are using these folks for transit and/or fiber without problem. I've also heard of an AT&T cut in Houston that effects KMC in Beaumont, Nederland, and Pascagoula. Also heard of an SBC fiber cut in Crosby, with no ETR. Further information from folks at the QwestDial NOC (good guys there!) is that KMC is saying it's a fiber cut in Houston in a heavily trafficked area, and they can't get to the fiber to repair it until TxDOT or the county or whoever is responsible for the road/highway shuts it down for traffic at 6pm so the splicing crews can get to it. *sigh* I wish my .signature didn't hold true. On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Marius Strom wrote:

We've got some problems with Qwest outsourced dial in eastern Texas, and Qwest is telling us that the telcos (KMC, AT&T, Time Warner) are reporting a fiber cut, but aren't willing to give out a location. Has anyone heard of a fiber cut in the vicinity of Texas (yeah, I know that's really broad, but that's all I've got to go on)?

-- /-------------------------------------------------> Marius Strom | Always carry a short length of fibre-optic cable. Professional Geek | If you get lost, then you can drop it on the System/Network Admin | ground, wait 10 minutes, and ask the backhoe http://www.marius.org/ | operator how to get back to civilization. \-------------| Alan Frame |---------------------->