Telcos...Was Re: [geeks] backups

[James Sharp]

No, sir...we've tested that line from end to end and can't find anything
wrong.

Oh, is that why its suddenly working now?

Call me sick, but I miss dealing with telco service.

-James, who was once up for 70+ hours dealing with a clusterfuck of 3 T1s
to NYC that ran through Bell Atlantic, Qwest, Sprint, Nynex, MFS, and the
North American Gateway.


> You've obviously not tried to talk to a local telco. "The line looks
> fine." is their standard response to everything. I'd be willing to bet
> that if a nuke took out their CO, they'd still try and claim all their
> T1's in that area would still be working. (I'm in Verizon territory. We're
> not friendly.)
>