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> > Massive stupidity shouldn't win you points just because you admit to it > (note that I consider the *massive* stupidity part to start at the > inability to troubleshoot the problem, not the failure in change > management). > I don't think anyone can point to massive stupidity w/o knowing exactly what happened and the exact steps taken to fix it. Even though the RFO note indicated the "problem" and the "solution", my guess is that things were a bit more complicated than finding a couple config statements, putting them back in and watching the network magically start working again. Of course that is just my opinion, I could be wrong :) > But to be fair, when a NOC or Customer Service person writes an RFO, it > usually comes out sounding very very bad, regardless of the actual > complexity of the situation. I'm certain all the AT&T customers hope that > was the case here. :) > Agreed, and sometimes the RFO tends to be a bit simplistic compared to the actual trouble. -sean Spoon!
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