Re: Cable cut: Southwest Missouri

[Scott Francis <darkuncle () darkuncle net>]

On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 04:16:18PM -0700, Sean Donelan exclaimed:
> A cable cut in Missouri disrupted some services in the southwestern
> part of the state, including Springfield.  Its unclear what services
> were affected, but 500 Powerball lottery machines were out of service
> until 3:15 this afternoon.
>
> According to the Associated Press: "The severed line was owned by Sprint
> Corp., which did not immediately return a phone call."

wow. My hometown area has made it into NANOG. My existence is now justified.
:)

(maybe that promise I made about not moving back until there were network
jobs is about to be fulfilled ...)

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