[IP] Re: Cogent

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk@gsp.org>
Date: February 13, 2007 10:54:01 AM EST
To: synthesis.law.and.technology@gmail.com
Cc: David Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: Re: [IP] Cogent

On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 10:31:07AM -0500, David Farber wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone knew what happened to Cogent this AM?

I note that you're (presumably) in Quebec.  There was a report
on the NANOG mailing list (one of the best sources for this sort
of information) that may apply.  I've appended it below.

---Rsk


> From: Vassili Tchersky <vt@phear.org>
> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:19:54 +0100
> To: nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Major outage in Montreal, Canada
>
>
> Hi,
>
> For thoses that are affected by the fiber outage that currently takes
> place in Montreal, I've got some clues.
>
> It could take some time to repair, as they are currently trying
> to localise the failure location. The SRDP (http:// 
> www.srdptele.com/) is
> working with the CSEM (http://www.csem.qc.ca) to fix this.
>
> UPDATE: they now know where the fibers were cut, and the SRDP is  
> expecting the
> links to be up in 60-120 minutes.
>
> The outage almost isolate the datacentre Canix II from the Internet
> since today, 5:35PM, and Cogent (http://status.cogentco.com) was  
> affected
> also. Maybe others.
>
> --
> Vassili Tchersky
> Koumbit Network - 514-387-6262 #2


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