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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net
[mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Matthew
Moyle-Croft<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 02, 2009 9:54 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Steven Lisson<BR><B>Cc:</B> ausnog@ausnog.net; Ben Cornish<BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: [AusNOG] Major Optus Fibre cut Sydney CBD<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Start considering a lead roof!
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<DIV>On 02/02/2009, at 10:22 PM, Steven Lisson wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV>So when do we get told equipment is offline due to 'solar
flares'?<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A
href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</A><BR>[<A
href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</A>]
On Behalf Of David Hughes<BR>Sent: Monday, 2 February 2009 9:35 PM<BR>To: <A
href="mailto:td_miles@yahoo.com">td_miles@yahoo.com</A><BR>Cc: <A
href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net">ausnog@ausnog.net</A>; Ben
Cornish<BR>Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Major Optus Fibre cut Sydney
CBD<BR><BR><BR>Absolutely. Hard to imagine a datacentre of any repute
that relies on <BR>"Commercial Power". If Optus doesn't actually
have their own gen sets <BR>at Elizabeth St then you'd have to
question their commitment to their <BR>network and their
customers.<BR><BR><BR>David<BR>...<BR><BR><BR>On 02/02/2009, at 5:46 PM,
Tony wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">If it's the same outgage that has just been
resolved, then I thought <BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">it was power related. The message I got
was:<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">"Optus advised that Commercial Power failure in
Building in <BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Elizabeth St Sydney and they are heading to site
with a Generator to <BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">supply power for transmission
equipment."<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Maybe these recent power issues will cause POP/DC
providers to <BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">consider their own redundancies and maybe check
they work too. We <BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">--- On Mon, 2/2/09, Ben Cornish <<A
href="mailto:Ben.Cornish@brennanit.com.au">Ben.Cornish@brennanit.com.au</A>>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Subject: [AusNOG] Major Optus Fibre cut Sydney
CBD<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Date: Monday, 2 February, 2009, 5:12
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Apparently Optus has a Major Fibre Cut between
Elizabeth St<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Affecting half of their CBD ATM
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