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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Bet on with my boss
Regards, -- Martin Hannigan [email protected] Boston, MA http://www.fugawi.net On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Vincent J. Bono wrote: > > We recently had a piece of equipment fail outside of Bronson, FL. This was > in a regeneration hut, 50 miles from almost anywhere useful. There is no > cellular service and no POTs in the HUT. The closest employee was a woman > who although bright was not very familiar with the equipment installed. > Because the management channel (IP) was still working to the site, an > engineer here in Quincy, MA was able to step her through fixing the problem > using nothing but IRC and two-way pager. It took her 35 minutes to correct > the issue. > > Harder than with a phone? Yes. Impossible? No. Without that IP channel > running? It would have taken closer to an hour and a half by my guess but > still doable. Smoke signals or semaphore? I won't hazard a guess. > > -vb Regards, -- Martin Hannigan [email protected] Boston, MA http://www.fugawi.net On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Vincent J. Bono wrote: > Harder than with a phone? Yes. Impossible? No. Without that IP channel > running? It would have taken closer to an hour and a half by my guess but > still doable. Smoke signals or semaphore? I won't hazard a guess. That's it. I'm giving semaphore classes at the BBQ. :)
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