Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: myerston@cts.sri.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: The Big One Message-ID: Date: 18 Oct 89 22:36:00 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: SRI Intl, Inc., Menlo Park, CA 94025 [(415)326-6200] Lines: 24 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 459, message 5 of 10 Small sampling of the effects of the Big One in the SF Bay (mid-peninsula and the City): Our 4000 line PBX come through unscathed, all earthquake-braced gear didn't miss a beat, late-install T-1 Mux "walked" about 18 inches but stayed upright and within the slack in the cable. Local service was amazingly unaffected, emergency calls within the first 1/2 hour (before the 1st after-shock) went through on 1 or 2 tries. Outgoing LD not much problem. When I called out-of-state numbers I invariably found they had been trying unsuccessfully to call this way. AT&T has implemented some kind of "flow-control" giving us (NPA 415 and 408) a better Outgoing GOS. Most people I have spoken to have lost, at most, A/C power. Those with limited battery backup may go down soon. Some major hotels in SF are in this boat. Cellular was jammed as a result of resulting (road) traffic jams. I had not problems calling my home from outside the area but got fast-busies on almost every other call. All-in-all Disaater Recovery Planning seemed to pay off. (Personal Note: If you have cable TV at home keep a residual antenna around. Cable was out, most local TV stations came up in fairly short order).