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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">Tony.<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">From: Ben Cornish <<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">To: <A 
        href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net">ausnog@ausnog.net</A><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">Sydney CBD<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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      <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">and their Roseberry 
    Exchange.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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      <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Affecting half of their CBD ATM 
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  <DIV>-- <BR>Matthew Moyle-Croft Internode/Agile Peering and Core 
  Networks<BR>Level 5, 162 Grenfell Street, Adelaide, SA 5000 
  Australia<BR>Email: <A 
  href="mailto:mmc@internode.com.au">mmc@internode.com.au</A>   
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