[AusNOG] nextgen and flooding

Peter MacGee peter at macgee.org
Wed Jan 12 18:20:35 EST 2011


Hi Adam,

We¹ve just lost an intercapital link with them between Brisbane and Sydney.

They advised that this is unrelated to the flooding...  No ETA for fix on
this yet either.

Cheers,
Pete.



From: Adam Brotherson <domske at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:10:08 +1100
To: Tony <td_miles at yahoo.com>
Cc: <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] nextgen and flooding

Has anyone just lost Nextgen span links? 



On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:41 PM, Tony <td_miles at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Those who are customers of Nextgen Networks should have already received the
> advisory, but for those who may not have (or others who are interested):
> 
> "Since 10.33am this morning one of our main interstate optical fibre cables
> has experienced damage near Thagoona, Queensland, due to the severe flooding.
> The damaged cable and electronics are underwater and are expected to be out of
> service for at least 2 to 3 days, flood water depending.
> Nextgen has diverse and geographically separate optical fibre network cables
> connecting Brisbane and Sydney with automatic switch over."
> 
> Full advisory available here:
> http://www.nextgennetworks.com.au/pdfs/QLD_flood_message_11_1_2011.pdf
> 
> 
> regards,
> Tony.
> 
> (we are hoping that all of the DC's we have gear in at Brisbane have tested
> generators recently and have plenty of diesel in the tanks !)
> 
> 
> 
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