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—Dj > On Apr 21, 2016, at 1:16 PM, Charles Sprickman via Outages > <outages@outages.org> wrote: > > So in other words, VZ has under-engineered their network so that a single > point of failure brings the entire 911 system down for the region? At the > prices government pays for telco contracts, one would hope that’s not the > case. > -- > Charles Sprickman > NetEng/SysAdmin > Bway.net <http://bway.net/> - New York's Best Internet www.bway.net > <http://www.bway.net/> > sp...@bway.net <mailto:sp...@bway.net> - 212.982.9800 > > > >> On Apr 21, 2016, at 3:54 PM, Ryan Chewning via Outages <outages@outages.org >> <mailto:outages@outages.org>> wrote: >> >> The 911 PSAP trunks / lines are provided by the LEC to the 911 center in >> most cases. If there aren't any other LECs near by then yes the 911 PSAPs >> could be without service. Not to mention that the radio traffic for some >> radio systems might travel over parts of the VZ network that are damaged. >> >> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Charles Goorsky via Outages >> <outages@outages.org <mailto:outages@outages.org>> wrote: >> So I'm skeptical about the truth of this comment, and I'm wondering if >> someone could set me a bit straighter: >> >> "These reckless perpetrators are risking the lives of countless Americans by >> cutting access to key lines of communications, especially to local police, >> fire and rescue personnel." >> >> Don't the local lines to police / fire go through the 911 dispatch? Wouldn't >> that be a municipal (city-owned) communications platform? If this is the >> case, wouldn't landline calls to 911 still work just fine? >> >> Wouldn't a non-Verizon cellphone still also be able to get a call through? >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Damian Menscher via Outages >> <outages@outages.org <mailto:outages@outages.org>> wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 11:30 AM, chris via Outages <outages@outages.org >> <mailto:outages@outages.org>> wrote: >> Anyone aware of any known outages/issues for FIOS? Have a handful of >> customers in northern NJ with business FIOS with 50%+ packet loss on all >> verizon hops. We have checked these customers and theres no congestion on >> their networks. >> >> We're aware of the Verizon strike in progress and wondering if maybe some >> repair or maintenance is not being done because of the strike? >> >> ...or possibly worse: >> http://www.verizon.com/about/news/criminals-put-thousands-verizon-customers-out-service-cutting-cables-and-damaging-network >> >> <http://www.verizon.com/about/news/criminals-put-thousands-verizon-customers-out-service-cutting-cables-and-damaging-network> >> >> Damian >> >> If anyone from VZ has ability to dig deeper or if anyone else is seeing >> similar issues would be good to hear. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Outages mailing list >> Outages@outages.org <mailto:Outages@outages.org> >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages >> <https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> W. Charles Goorsky >> charles.goor...@gmail.com <mailto:charles.goor...@gmail.com> >> _______________________________________________ >> Outages mailing list >> Outages@outages.org <mailto:Outages@outages.org> >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages >> <https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Outages mailing list >> Outages@outages.org <mailto:Outages@outages.org> >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages > > _______________________________________________ > Outages mailing list > Outages@outages.org > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages
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