Yes, when I see a claim that a major outage was caused by a: "fire at a large switching center caused by a major fiber cut"
I tend to assume that the claim was a joke. -Rusty On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 5:40 PM, Jeff Shultz via Outages <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a feeling that "fire from a fiber cut" email was a bit of snark > (playing on the usual evasive answers you get about many outages) and > not meant to be taken seriously. > > But who knows? My cynicism filter might be set a little high this afternoon. > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Randall (Randy) Raitz via Outages > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Has anyone received anything about the outage that includes details on the >> fire? So far, below is what I’ve received: >> >> >> >> Outage Start: October 4, 2016 14:06 GMT Outage Stop: October 4, 2016 15:31 >> GMT Root Cause: Calls were not present in Level 3 voice switches, impacting >> voice services in multiple markets of the United States. Fix Action: >> Configuration adjustments were implemented to allow calls to reach the >> switches and complete appropriately. Reason for Outage (RFO) Summary: The >> Voice NOC investigated reports of voice service impact throughout multiple >> markets in the United States. The equipment vendor was engaged for >> assistance with investigations. No inbound or outbound calls were present in >> voice switches. The Voice NOC was able to implement configuration changes >> that were successful in allowing calls to reach the switches and process >> accurately. The Voice NOC will continue to fully evaluate the incident and >> appropriate actions will take place to ensure incidents of this nature do >> not recur in the future. Services are currently restored and stable. >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Outages [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ryan >> McGinnis via Outages >> Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2016 1:44 PM >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> Subject: Re: [outages] Level3 VoIP Issues? >> >> >> >> Man, I hope that sentence is backwards, because I don't even want to know >> how much light you have to pump down fiber to cause a fire when you cut it. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Mike Castoro via Outages >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Unofficially, I'm hearing that the Level 3 voice outage was caused by a >> "fire at a large switching center caused by a major fiber cut" >> >> -Mike >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Outages [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael >> Cargile via Outages >> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2016 12:09 PM >> To: Peter Beckman <[email protected]> >> Cc: Aubrey Wells via Outages <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [outages] Level3 VoIP Issues? >> >> Both Bandwidth and Vitelity are just VoIP resellers. They use larger >> carriers like Level3 for their termination and origination. As such Level3's >> outage is effecting their services as well. >> >> On 2016-10-04 11:57, Peter Beckman via Outages wrote: >>> Hey Aubrey -- >>> >>> Did you see origination or termination issues with Bandwidth and >>> Vitelity? >>> Or both? >>> >>> Beckman >>> >>> On Tue, 4 Oct 2016, Aubrey Wells via Outages wrote: >>> >>>> Atlanta Ga, our trunks terminate in McLean VA and NYC. 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