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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Re: World Trade Center attack
Teleport Communications Group, which was acquired by ATT Local Network Services, has/had its Main NY City node in the sixth sub-basement of No. 1 WTC. Almost all of this [with the exception of some of the private, proprietary builds (escon, gbe) for some financial customers] is/was SONETized and self-healing and/or a-b mirrored in 60 Hudson and other large nodes in NY and NJ. > > >how close is the site of the trade center to 60 Hudson? i've looked at my > >map of NYC, and it could be pretty close, or could be a little ways away. > > about half a mile or so north. > > >there is a good chance that any fiber running past the site is toast, > >and of course, the odds of getting a connection using the local PSTN > >in Manhattan are essentially zero right now. > > in my experience so far, the internet is slow in places, but still > okay. > > does anyone remember using irc during the gulf war? > > -- > |-----< "CODE WARRIOR" >-----| > [email protected] * "ah! i see you have the internet > [email protected] (Andrew Brown) that goes *ping*!" > [email protected] * "information is power -- share the wealth." >
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