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Perceived Y2K problems
From: Eric Germann <ekgermann () cctec com>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 21:23:25 -0500
Anyone thought on the telco side yet about perceived issues with Y2K? Specifically, I was discussing with one of my telco guys about the sociological effects, namely, everyone watching the ball drop, then going off hook to see if they have dial tone, or dialing in to the Internet to see if it still works. Since most switches aren't designed for 100% off hook load, anyone seen any studies as to whether the switches will crash from that? I do envision seconds to get dialtone. I remember in our college days the new Nortel from Sprint took about 4 seconds to give us dialtone right after the Gulf War bombing started (mostly paranoid college guys debating if they were eligible for the draft I believe). Anyways, thoughts? Eric ========================================================================== Eric Germann Inacom Info Systems ekgermann () cctec com Lima, OH 45801 Ph: 419 331 9050 ICQ: 41927048 Fax: 419 331 9302 "It is so easy to miss pretty trivial solutions to problems deemed complicated. The goal of a scientist is to find an interesting problem, and live off it for a while. The goal of an engineer is to evade interesting problems :)" -- Vadim Antonov <avg () kotovnik com> on NANOG
Current thread:
- Perceived Y2K problems Eric Germann (Nov 30)
- Re: Perceived Y2K problems Dan Hollis (Nov 30)
- Re: Perceived Y2K problems Alan Clegg (Nov 30)
- Re: Perceived Y2K problems Jared Mauch (Nov 30)
- Re: Perceived Y2K problems David Lesher (Nov 30)
- Re: Perceived Y2K problems Steve Dispensa (Nov 30)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Perceived Y2K problems David Lesher (Nov 30)
- Re: Perceived Y2K problems Nathan Stratton (Nov 30)
- Re: Perceived Y2K problems Dan Hollis (Nov 30)