On Wed, 15 November 2000, max_smetannikov@ziffdavis.com wrote:

Is anybody else hearing about PSINet having a major outage that is affecting Internet and e-mail traffic all along eastern seaboard? MS

It was a fiber cut. And carriers are getting very serious about fiber cuts. In Austin a jury ordered Qwest to pay over $350 million to AT&T for repeatedly cutting a fiber optic line. http://biz.yahoo.com/apf/001115/cut_cable_.html Also, I'll be moderating a panel at the Underground Damage Prevention conference at the end of November in Boston with representatives from a couple of carriers on protecting against Internet fiber cuts. http://www.damageprevention.com/ If any carriers have a story about what a great job they are doing, I would love to include a mention of it at the panel. I have lots of horror stories, but I would love to announce some successes. So far the only success story I have is from Sprint, who had 61 fiber cuts last year, but only one of them affected traffic. http://www3.sprint.com/PR/CDA/PR_CDA_Press_Releases_Detail/1,1694,857,00.htm... If you are doing something great, I want to mention it.