Level 3 / Time Warner problem in Columbus OH?

2008-06-19 Thread Peter Pauly
Time Warner is reporting to me that their provider, Level 3 is having problems in Columbus OH that is affecting several large midwest cities. Anyone have more details?

RE: Level 3 / Time Warner problem in Columbus OH?

2008-06-19 Thread Mike Walter
Just spoke with TW Telecom on my ticket. They have (2) OC-192s down in the Ohio area. They have open troubles with their vendor. Seems odd that both are down according to the rep I spoke with. We have shut down our TW Telecom BGP session until resolved due to high latency. Mike Walter, MCP

RE: Level 3 / Time Warner problem in Columbus OH?

2008-06-19 Thread Steve Searles
Same here, we have also shut down our TWT peer. Steve Searles Sr. Network Engineer Zimmerman Communications Inc. http://www.zimcom.net Phone. 513-624-3900 Fax. 513-624-3909 Toll Free. 888-624-3910 -Original Message- From: Mike Walter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 19,

RE: Level 3 / Time Warner problem in Ohio

2008-06-19 Thread Tim Sanderson
Same. Also shut down peering with TWC. We have confirmation from some local technicians that an OC-192 is down between Columbus, OH and Ashburton, VA... and an OC-192 down between Indianapolis and Chicago. Another tech that I spoke to said it was a problem between Ohio and NYC. That is

Re: Cable Colors - A Standard

2008-06-19 Thread Glen Turner
George Imburgia wrote: There's a standard; ANSI/TIA/EIA 606A http://www.flexcomm.com/library/606aguide.pdf Here in Australia there's no standard for colours of data communications patch cables. But there are some non-data communications standards for fixed cable colours. In particular, fire

Re: Level 3 / Time Warner problem in Ohio

2008-06-19 Thread Chris Grundemann
My sources report that both OC-192 circuits in Time Warner's backbone have recovered. I see no packet loss or latency across their network now. ~Chris On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Tim Sanderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same. Also shut down peering with TWC. We have confirmation from

Re: Cable Colors - A Standard

2008-06-19 Thread Nathan Ward
On 20/06/2008, at 4:19 AM, Glen Turner wrote: A useful tool is a audio cable tracer. When disconnecting a PC you attach the signal injector. You then use the other half of the tool to identify the cable (it buzzes when near). This allows the patch cables to be pulled with certainty rather than

Re: Cable Colors - A Standard

2008-06-19 Thread Tim Jackson
This one is plenty safe to stick on a live cable, plus it works a whole lot better than the old analog ones: http://www.flukenetworks.com/fnet/en-us/products/IntelliTone+Toner+and+Probe/Overview.htm?categorycode=CPTT -- Tim On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Nathan Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: