Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ucbvax!H.CS.CMU.EDU!Rudy.Nedved From: Rudy.Nedved@H.CS.CMU.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: network horror stories Message-ID: <1987.3.30.21.34.46.Rudy.Nedved@h.cs.cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 30-Mar-87 16:39:49 EST Article-I.D.: h.1987.3.30.21.34.46.Rudy.Nedved Posted: Mon Mar 30 16:39:49 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 1-Apr-87 01:46:28 EST References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 13 Approved: tcp-ip@sri-nic.arpa I am not aware of the details behind the transition from one exchange to another...maybe it could have been done over a longer time period with some type of exchange forwarding at the local TelCo... As far as I know, the major users were not affected only private and small telephone companies. This is a problem in the ARPA Internet and is an issue of managerial inertia not a technical problem. If you don't play the game correctly then what can you do. Anyhow, two days once every few years is not a major reason to not do what they do. -Rudy