Heads up; Ontario-wide brownout tests Thursday Jan 19

[James Knott]

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

>>> 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.
> 

Well, any critical systems should be running from UPS or batteries.  How
important is your network?

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