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Re: TransAtlantic Cable Break

  • From: Jim Popovitch
  • Date: Fri Jun 22 10:44:12 2007
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On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 10:27 -0400, Roderick S. Beck wrote:
> the real news is that one of the TransAtlantic cables has had one 
> of their two cables severed. Repair is not expected until after 
> the US July 4th holiday.
> 
> So none of the customers on that well known system have any ring
> protection at this point nor will they during the next two weeks.

Isn't that the way a ring works?  Sounds like everything is working
as designed.

-Jim P.