Heads up; Ontario-wide brownout tests Thursday Jan 19

[Tim Writer]

John Vetterli <jvetterli-zC6tqtfhjqE at public.gmane.org> writes:

> On Mon, 16 Jan 2006, Walter Dnes wrote:
> >  A chance to see how well your computers do (or don't) stand up to
> > brownouts.
> >  The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) is planning a routine
> > voltage reduction test for Thursday, January 19, 2006.
> >  A province-wide voltage reduction of three per cent will take place
> > between 9:30 am and 11:30 am followed by a five per cent reduction from
> > 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm.
> >  See http://www.ieso.ca/imoweb/media/md_newsitem.asp?newsID=2699 for
> > further details.
> 
> I'm curious: did anybody experience any problems with their machines during
> the brownout periods?  As for myself, I didn't notice any difference.

I was at a client's site and their private 10Mbps link to their colo went
down around 10:00 a.m. Coincidence?

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