I agree. Service bulletin sounds like they are blaming a third party CO - lame! On Apr 11, 2013 11:56 AM, "Tim St. Pierre" <t...@communicatefreely.net> wrote:
> Real COs use DC power with A+B feeds. > > I highly doubt they are set up that way. > > Also, most DC plants are designed with at least 4 hours of run time, so > you can fix your rectifiers/generator/AC feeds etc. before the batteries > run down. Most AC systems have about 20 minutes of battery time, which > isn't much. > > -Tim > > On 13-04-11 11:48 AM, Bruce N wrote: > > When was the last time a real central office lost power? I would like to > > call them bluff on this. The two hour issue was not power only. > > On Apr 11, 2013 11:16 AM, "Sean Healy" <s...@healixcomputing.com> wrote: > > > >> The ticket on http://ssd.primus.ca/ said that it was a power issue at > >> the Terminal St. CO in Ottawa. > >> > >> While most of the other services for Primus came up at 8:48 ET, it > >> sounds like someone had to physically visit the CO to start or replace > >> something related to Unlimitel. The ticket says Unlimitel was > >> officially restored at 10:51 ET. > >> > >> I did receive both a notice from Unlimitel by email about the outage (at > >> 9:36 ET) and the service restore (11:08 ET). > >> > >> I wish they would be a little more proactive at the beginning of an > >> outage, even if it's short. It's sort of sad that the TAUG mailing list > >> is the best place to get information when outages do occur on their > >> platform. > >> > >> > >> On 4/11/13 11:03 AM, B N wrote: > >>> Honestly, makes me think if Bell is monkeying with Primus or the > >> technology officer is incompetent. Either ways this is very serious as > it > >> happens in the morning almost always which means someone has been > playing > >> with system over night without proper planning. > >>>> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:54:57 -0400 > >>>> From: alexk...@gmail.com > >>>> To: s...@healixcomputing.com > >>>> CC: biz@taug.ca > >>>> Subject: Re: [biz] What is Unlimitel's issue? > >>>> > >>>> back online. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Sean Healy < > s...@healixcomputing.com > >>> wrote: > >>>>> It seems to be coming back online now... > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On 4/11/13 10:46 AM, Alex Kink wrote: > >>>>>> This is really bogus. Even the failover forwarding is not working! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:43 AM, B N <het...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Why can a small time provider give 100% uptime with low budget and > >> one > >>>>>>> like Primus can't spend in infrastructure to have a solid backup? > >> It's > >>>>>>> really puzzling to me. Never seen these sort of issues from US > >> provider > >>>>>>> VSPs. > >>>>>>> -Bruce > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:30:23 -0400 > >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [biz] What is Unlimitel's issue? > >>>>>>> From: a...@kovasys.com > >>>>>>> To: het...@hotmail.com > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> We are down too :( > >>>>>>> --Alex Kovalenko, http://ca.linkedin.com/in/kovasys > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Director of Operations @ Kovasys IT Recruitment > >>>>>>> IT Recruitment and Headhunting | Chasseur de Tête en TI > >>>>>>> 888.568.2747 x701 | www.Kovasys.comMontreal | Toronto | Ottawa | > New > >>>>> York > >>>>>>> | Boston > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> As Featured in La Presse > >>>>>>> and The Toronto Star > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Join our IT Jobs Association Linkedin group: > >>>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2464449 > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Follow us on Twitter: > >>>>>>> http://www.twitter.com/kovasys > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:27 AM, B N <het...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Hello everyone, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Anyone here know what the blip is going on with Unlimitel now? Or > if > >>>>> they > >>>>>>> will be online anytime soon? Their support says any second while it > >>>>>>> continues to be out for hours... > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Thanks,Bruce > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: biz-unsubscr...@taug.ca > >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: biz-h...@taug.ca > >>>>> > >>>>> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: biz-unsubscr...@taug.ca > >> For additional commands, e-mail: biz-h...@taug.ca > >> > >> > > > -- > -- > Tim St. Pierre > System Operator > Communicate Freely > 289 225 1220 x5101 > t...@communicatefreely.net > www.communicatefreely.net > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: biz-unsubscr...@taug.ca > For additional commands, e-mail: biz-h...@taug.ca > >
