[Gllug] Geographcial server failover

[Alistair Mann]

Thus spaketh Chris Bell on Friday 28 January 2005 11:24:
> On Fri 28 Jan, Nix wrote:
> > On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Richard Cottrill complained:
> > > <rants>
> > > I would be shocked if BT *hadn't* had serious interruptions to service,
> > > ever; my money's on recently.
> >
> > What, whole cities cut off? With the penalties they have to pay if 999
> > calls don't work? (What is it, one month's line rental per cut off day
> > or something like that?)
>
>    There was at least one occasion, although I could not remember exactly
> when and where, (perhaps about 10 years ago in the midlands?) when there
> was a major fire in the BT exchange ducts which did just that.

Manchester, 1 year ago, 130,000 affected. Presumably you were thinking in 
Internet years!

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/116/116156_bt_phones_fire_was_our_fault_.html
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Alistair

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