September 2001. Just after the 9/11 attacks, all of lower Manhattan was shut
down. Out link (IIRC) was to a satellite farm on Staten island, across the bay
to 60 Hudson. Power went off, diesels kicked in, fuel trucks was not allowed
in, and a few days later we lost all international connectivity.
Lots of important people lost power as well, so the feds decided to let the
diesel tankers in after a few days’ deliberations.
paul
> On Mar 17, 2020, at 11:21 AM, Mark Tinka <mark.ti...@seacom.mu> wrote:
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> On 17/Mar/20 17:15, Paul Nash wrote:
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>> That same fuel shortage killed all Internet traffic to sub-Saharan Africa.
>> Took us a while to figure out what was wrong with the satellite link to the
>> US.
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> What year was that :-)?
>
> Mark.
