Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!scs!spl1!laidbak!att!pacbell!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!ur-tut.cc.rochester.EDU!syap From: syap@ur-tut.cc.rochester.EDU (James Fitzwilliam) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Hinsdale - Thursday update Message-ID: <2141@ur-tut.UUCP> Date: 1 Jun 88 05:38:48 GMT Article-I.D.: ur-tut.2141 References: <8805121812.1.137@cup.portal.com> <12629@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Reply-To: syap@tut.cc.rochester.edu (James Fitzwilliam) Organization: Gadgetland USA Lines: 38 Approved: telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu In article <12629@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> lanai!gast@seismo.CSS.GOV (David Gast) writes: * *In article <8805121812.1.137@cup.portal.com> Patrick_A_Townson@cup.portal.COM writes: *> *> [discussion of the fire at IBT]. *>Pagers, beepers, cellular service and similar functions are largely restored *>and the restoration will be complete by the evening of May 15. *> * *It seems to me that order of the restoration of services is slightly *mixed up. Certainly, emergency service should be restored first, but *why should cellular service get priority over regular phone lines? One of the earlier articles on this (fascinating) topic mentioned that in cases of wide service outage the telco often sets up cellular convenience phones in the affected neighborhoods, but that in this case since the cellular service was zapped in the same fire, this was not possible. By restoring cellular service first, IBT can set up emergency phone stations pending full service restoration. Disclaimer: This answer is based on what I've read on the subject, so if I'm completely off target I welcome correction! Another service this fire has interrupted that I haven't seen mentioned is GEnie access in several neighborhoods; alternate numbers are being provided. (My source is "New on GEnie") I assume this also affects CompuServe, The Source, etc. etc. Hopefully this incident will prompt the telcos' insurance carriers to apply pressure to get adequate fire protection installed for the switching centers -- far less expensive than the losses that could occur. James domain: syap@tut.cc.rochester.edu path: rochester!ur-tut!syap "Piano is my forte" (-: GEnie: FITZWILLIAM ========================================================================