Heads up; Ontario-wide brownout tests Thursday Jan 19

[Tim Writer]

James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> writes:

> Tim Writer wrote:
> > 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?
> > 
> 
> Telecom companies have extensive power backup systems, that make it
> unlikely for such a problem to occur in their facilities.  Any sign of
> failure within the client's office?

I was working on something else and not sure where the failure was. Someone
mentioned something about a Cisco router so perhaps the voltage drop was
sufficient to reset a router within the office.

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