[Linux-users] T1 update

[Rick Bowers]

At 8/8/2007 12:19 PM, you wrote:
>On Tue, Aug 07, 2007, vu pham wrote:
> >>From my manager:
> >
> >The T1 has been back online (mor eor less) for the last twenty minutes
> >or so.
> >
> >I just spoke to Qwest and SWB has techs on site and they are still
> >monitoring and testing the lines.  The issues have not yet been
> >completely resolved.  Qwest advises that we may see interruptions in
> >service for awhile yet.
>
>That sounds familiar.  We're about 20,000 feet from the QWorst
>CO, and have had several instances where our T1 has gone down for
>extended periods of time -- 29+ hours on one occassion when it
>went down on a Saturday night.  Their excuse for the slow repair
>was that it was dark out and one of the technicians was a woman
>so it was a ``safety'' issue.

Ummmm, THAT was their excuse? I'm all for equality in the workplace, 
but if a company can't support it's Customers, it needs to do a 
better job at allocating resources. Geesh!

And there was only a single (ummm, sole?) technician available on that shift?

~Rick


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