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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Y2k silly season
On Mon, 27 Dec 1999, Robert Cannon wrote: > In regards to self fulfilling prophecies: > > The phone companies won't admit it but they are scared that at 1 second > past midnight, everyone will say to themselves, "Hmmm, lights are still on, > I wonder if the phones have stopped working?" and then within 1 minute, > millions of people will be lifting their phones off the hooks to check > dial-tone. You know what happens when that happens. :-) This is only a problem in some networks. Most of the time the actual dial tone does not congest the system. As someone who builds telephone networks I have to say that at least the 26 CLECs I work with will do fine. :) I am more worried about the people factor, when people freak out you can have problems. ><> Nathan Stratton Tricetel Consulting http://www.tricetel.net [email protected] http://www.robotics.net [email protected] > -Hank
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