From owner-freebsd-isp Wed May 30 15:24:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from aries.ai.net (aries.ai.net [205.134.163.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0A9637B424 for ; Wed, 30 May 2001 15:24:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from deepak@ai.net) Received: from blood (adsl-138-88-49-91.bellatlantic.net [138.88.49.91]) by aries.ai.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA08427; Wed, 30 May 2001 18:24:20 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from deepak@ai.net) Reply-To: From: "Deepak Jain" To: Cc: Subject: RE: OC48 interface Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 18:28:19 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20010530181630.A501@wjv.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Bill Vermillion Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 6:17 PM To: Deepak Jain Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OC48 interface On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 05:36:14PM -0400, Deepak Jain thus sprach: > > SONET is a physical layer protocol that (when implemented) can > provide switching around cut fiber in sub milliseconds. Nice when it works. We lost our DS3 for about 18 hours 2 weeks ago. Seventeen OC-48 links were cut. When we asked the about the self-healing, they said, normally it would, but not with the many gone. -- This happens when (if actually implemented as a ring), the Service and Protect are in the same fiber run. Sort of pointless with physical cuts. That is a problem with the user, not the technology. -- They couldn't get permission to dig up the road so that had to patch around, that made the repair take twice as long. And two days later, before they could the patched section buried, a truck took the same 17 out one more time. They were running overhead. Local politics I assume kept them from doing it the right way the first time. --- You must be dealing with a CLEC or an IXC. RBOCs can open emergency permits without prior authorization. They are considered a utility and a vital public service. Competitors are not. Deepak Jain AiNET -- Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message