Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Charles Wyble
Ravi Pina wrote: News coverage: http://cow.org/r/?5459 http://cow.org/r/?545a And not that I expect any useful updates: http://twitter.com/attnews Lots of folks covering the same thing... http://search.twitter.com/search?q=fiber+cut http://search.twitter.com/search?q=outage Also

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Roy
Service to South Santa Clara county is completely down: Internet, landline, and cellphones. Both Verizon and ATT are affected. 911 is also down. My cellphones show one or no bars. Normally they are all four bars. The idea that all of that is lumped in one fiber bundle is mind boggling. On

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Christian Koch
Monterey Highway I think On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Mike Lyon mike.l...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone know where the actual cut is? On 4/9/09, David W. Hankins david_hank...@isc.org wrote: On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 08:14:15AM -0700, Craig Holland wrote: Just dropping a note that there is a

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Ravi Pina
From the news coverage it appears to be in the general area of http://cow.org/r/?545c -r On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 11:11:58AM -0700, Mike Lyon wrote: Anyone know where the actual cut is? On 4/9/09, David W. Hankins david_hank...@isc.org wrote: On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 08:14:15AM -0700, Craig

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Chris Cariffe
Monterey Road just north of Blossom Hill, San Jose On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Mike Lyon mike.l...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone know where the actual cut is? On 4/9/09, David W. Hankins david_hank...@isc.org wrote: On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 08:14:15AM -0700, Craig Holland wrote: Just dropping

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread George William Herbert
Mike Lyon writes: Anyone know where the actual cut is? According to SF Chronicle: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/09/BAP816VTE6.DTLtsp=1 The fiber-optic cables were severed shortly before 1:30 a.m. along Monterey Highway north of Blossom Hill Road in south San Jose,

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Jorge Amodio
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Christopher Morrow morrowc.li...@gmail.com wrote: isn't there a mailing list for this sort of thing? outages@ I think it is? Jared put together long time ago outages at outages.org seems to still be active and receiving reports about this one. List archive is at

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Alex H. Ryu
Hey Chris, Yes. outa...@outages.org is the one. Alex Christopher Morrow wrote: isn't there a mailing list for this sort of thing? outages@ I think it is? (not that I mind, just a little advert for the appropriate forum, and a place that MAY have some useful info on this topic) -chris On

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Charles Wyble
Yeah. It's on outages. Not much useful there. Christopher Morrow wrote: isn't there a mailing list for this sort of thing? outages@ I think it is? (not that I mind, just a little advert for the appropriate forum, and a place that MAY have some useful info on this topic) -chris On Thu, Apr 9,

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Christian Koch
nice article on bitgravity blog regarding the cuts.. http://sandbox.bitgravity.com/blog/2009/04/09/destroy-the-internet-with-a-hacksaw/ On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Charles Wyble char...@thewybles.comwrote: Ravi Pina wrote: News coverage: http://cow.org/r/?5459

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Michael Holstein
Anyone know where the actual cut is? Based on the previously posted news articles .. First one is in this proximity : 37°15'20.79N 121°48'9.38W Second one is in this proximity : 37°29'44.00N 122°14'44.31W First one is along a highway .. second one is along railroad tracks. Google

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread George William Herbert
I had written in a NANOG reply: Mike Lyon writes: Anyone know where the actual cut is? According to SF Chronicle: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/09/BAP816VTE6.DTLtsp=1 The fiber-optic cables were severed shortly before 1:30 a.m. along Monterey Highway north of Blossom

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Jorge Amodio
My cellphones show one or no bars.   Normally they are all four bars. hmmm, probably not related but could be that some cellphone operators are restricting coverage to give priority to emergency svcs communications.

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Robert M. Enger
That ATT has stopped provisioning protection fiber for automatic restoral is mind boggling. That our crack (or on crack) govt contracting/emergency-preparedness staff didn't demand protected facilities for 911 is another mind boggling issue. That there is no over-under wide-area back-up

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Matthew Kaufman
Robert M. Enger wrote: We posture and orate about being prepared for terrorist attacks and natural disasters, and then events like these reveal the reality: The emperor has no clothes. You wouldn't have clothes either if you could double your profit by not wearing any. Matthew Kaufman

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Mike Lyon
Yeah, that's about the right amount of time to crawl out of a man hole, cover it back up, get in the car, drive to a 24 hour starbucks, pick up some coffee and drive up to San Carlos, open man-hole, repeat process... On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:31 PM, George William Herbert

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread David Edwards
At 12:55 PM 4/9/2009, you wrote: From the news coverage it appears to be in the general area of http://cow.org/r/?545c -r Interesting. The report I got from a vendor was that it is Above.net with a fiber cut in Redwood City which is affecting a circuit of mine between 200 Paul in SF and

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Gadi Evron
Jorge Amodio wrote: On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Christopher Morrow morrowc.li...@gmail.com wrote: isn't there a mailing list for this sort of thing? outages@ I think it is? Jared put together long time ago outages at outages.org seems to still be active and receiving reports about this

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread John A. Kilpatrick
On Thu, 9 Apr 2009, George William Herbert wrote: The fiber-optic cables were severed shortly before 1:30 a.m. along Monterey Highway north of Blossom Hill Road in south San Jose, police Sgt. Ronnie Lopez said. The fact that it's vandalism is VERY annoying. Sadly it also shows how vulnerable

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Jeffrey Ollie
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Michael Holstein michael.holst...@csuohio.edu wrote: First one is in this proximity :  37°15'20.79N 121°48'9.38W Street view shows a few manholes in the vicinity. Second one is in this proximity :  37°29'44.00N 122°14'44.31W Didn't see anything obvious here.

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread JC Dill
Michael Holstein wrote: Anyone know where the actual cut is? Based on the previously posted news articles .. First one is in this proximity : 37°15'20.79N 121°48'9.38W Second one is in this proximity : 37°29'44.00N 122°14'44.31W First one is along a highway .. second one is along

RE: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Murphy, Jay, DOH
: Thursday, April 09, 2009 1:59 PM To: Roy Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Fiber cut in SF area That ATT has stopped provisioning protection fiber for automatic restoral is mind boggling. That our crack (or on crack) govt contracting/emergency-preparedness staff didn't demand protected facilities

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Jared Mauch
On Apr 9, 2009, at 3:58 PM, Robert M. Enger wrote: That ATT has stopped provisioning protection fiber for automatic restoral is mind boggling. That our crack (or on crack) govt contracting/emergency-preparedness staff didn't demand protected facilities for 911 is another mind boggling

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Charles Wyble
Yep it leads to: Activity Type Code Desc: PROGRESS COMMENTS Activity Type Code: PROG OTDR readings were taken by ATT West and a cut was located 1600 ft from the San Jose, CA central office. ATT West technicians are onsite working to isolate the exact location of the cut. There are 4

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Mike Lyon
There were multiple cuts. South san jose and san carlos. Yours would be the san carlos one :) On 4/9/09, David Edwards da...@reliablehosting.com wrote: At 12:55 PM 4/9/2009, you wrote: From the news coverage it appears to be in the general area of http://cow.org/r/?545c -r Interesting. The

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Joel Jaeggli
David Edwards wrote: At 12:55 PM 4/9/2009, you wrote: From the news coverage it appears to be in the general area of http://cow.org/r/?545c -r Interesting. The report I got from a vendor was that it is Above.net with a fiber cut in Redwood City which is affecting a circuit of mine

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread JC Dill
Robert M. Enger wrote: That ATT has stopped provisioning protection fiber for automatic restoral is mind boggling. That our crack (or on crack) govt contracting/emergency-preparedness staff didn't demand protected facilities for 911 is another mind boggling issue. 911 centers can work

RE: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Carlos Alcantar
Looks like our circuit out of 200 paul from abovenet is back up. -Original Message- From: David Edwards [mailto:da...@reliablehosting.com] Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 1:06 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Fiber cut in SF area At 12:55 PM 4/9/2009, you wrote: From the news

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Scott Doty
David Edwards wrote: At 12:55 PM 4/9/2009, you wrote: From the news coverage it appears to be in the general area of http://cow.org/r/?545c -r Interesting. The report I got from a vendor was that it is Above.net with a fiber cut in Redwood City which is affecting a circuit of mine between

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Raul D. Rincon
http://i.gizmodo.com/5205952/att-putting-up-10-reward-for-cable-cutting-vandals r On Apr 9, 2009, at 2:00 PM, Jeffrey Ollie wrote: On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Michael Holstein michael.holst...@csuohio.edu wrote: First one is in this proximity : 37°15'20.79N 121°48'9.38W Street

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Jared Mauch ja...@puck.nether.net wrote: That our crack (or on crack) govt contracting/emergency-preparedness staff didn't demand protected facilities for 911 is another mind boggling issue.  This costs $$$ and usually isn't a problem as there are other ways to

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Mike Lyon
- From: David Edwards [mailto:da...@reliablehosting.com] Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 1:06 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Fiber cut in SF area At 12:55 PM 4/9/2009, you wrote: From the news coverage it appears to be in the general area of http://cow.org/r/?545c -r Interesting

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Sean Donelan
On Thu, 9 Apr 2009, Jared Mauch wrote: That ATT has stopped provisioning protection fiber for automatic restoral is mind boggling. Only helps with N-1 breaks. Unfortunately, sometimes there are N+1 breaks. Check the NANOG archives, I believe there were 5 breaks in one day in the 1990's;

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread jamie rishaw
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: #ifdef CONSPIRACY_THEORIST What if this isn't simple vandalism? #endif If my read is correct, this is multiple cuts in multiple locations. To answer the what-if (What if this isn't simple vandalism?) : It's not.

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread Robert M. Enger
No RF, no WPS. If all the base stations are knocked out in a region, and there is no over coverage from towers out of the affected region then there are no channels to which priority access can be allotted. A potential remedy (at least for conventional cell phones) would be to scatter

Re: Fiber cut in SF area

2009-04-09 Thread George William Herbert
Scott Doty wrote: (Personally, I can think of a MAE-Clueless episode that was worse than this, but that was in the 90's...) The gas main strike out front of the building in Santa Clara? Or something else? -george william herbert gherb...@retro.com

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