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From: morris@jade.jpl.nasa.gov (Mike Morris)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: SPRINT Down, and AT&T Overloaded
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Date: 12 Oct 89 04:29:56 GMT
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(John Higdon) writes:

%(Doug Faunt N6TQS 415-688-8269) writes:

%> As I sit here, it appears that SPRINT is down, at least locally, and
%> AT&T doesn't have enough capacity to handle the overflow.  This is
%> Menlo Park, California, 415-326.

%According to the media, some construction crew dug through a fiber
%optic cable in the area. The service was restored within a few hours.

Another case of "Backhoe Fade"!  (A common problem in Los Angeles)

Mike Morris                      UUCP: Morris@Jade.JPL.NASA.gov
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