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From: CJB on 27 May 2010 17:33
On May 27, 9:18 pm, Stephen <stephen_h...(a)xyzworld.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 May 2010 21:16:50 +0100, Stephen
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> <stephen_h...(a)xyzworld.com> wrote:
> >On Thu, 27 May 2010 19:47:00 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
> ><t...(a)invalid.invalid> wrote:
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> >>Brian Mc wrote:
> >>> In uk.telecom.broadband CJB <chrisjbr...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> :http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10159149.stm
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> >>> Of course it could! I was managed computing systems at the end of a BT leased
> >>> line at the time of the last strike (~1985). Despite our leased line needing
> >>> no regular maintenance it "magically" died shortly after the strike started
> >>> - and remained dead until it was over! Our suspicion was that some striker
> >>> pulled a patch panel on his way out!
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> >>If I was seriously pissed off, I would too. Throw the power switch on
> >>the racks.
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> >looks like it has happened elsewhere - although the Nitel guys seem to
> >have had a long running issue
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> ok - and this time with the link...http://www.cellular-news.com/story/30543.php
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> >>Can the army run routers?
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> Regards
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Didn't seem to halt the Nigerian email scams though - CJB
From: George Weston on 27 May 2010 17:39
On 27/05/2010 21:28, Owain wrote:
> On 27 May, 20:04, "Graham." wrote:
>>> Can the army run routers?
>> The Royal Engineers might be able to bridge them
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> Royal Signals could transmit packets in Morse.
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> Very slowly.
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> Owain
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And the Royal Logistic Corps could de-fuse them

George
From: Brian Mc on 28 May 2010 10:37
In uk.telecom.mobile David <david.park(a)tesco.net> wrote:
: Will the whole thing go off straight away or just faults as they occur not
: get fixed?

That was the theory last BT strike as well! As I pointed out earlier, back
then, they seemed to manufacture a lot of "faults" on their way out!
From: Petert on 28 May 2010 12:36
On Fri, 28 May 2010 14:37:45 +0000 (UTC), bkm(a)somewhere.ac.uk (Brian
Mc) wrote:

>In uk.telecom.mobile David <david.park(a)tesco.net> wrote:
>: Will the whole thing go off straight away or just faults as they occur not
>: get fixed?
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>That was the theory last BT strike as well! As I pointed out earlier, back
>then, they seemed to manufacture a lot of "faults" on their way out!

ISTR that the last BT strike proved to management that they didn't
need as many people maintaining the network - other than faults that
were caused directly by strikers, they found that the fault rate
actually decreased - nobody opening cabinets/joints etc and disturbing
things that weren't faulty. There was a fair bit of strowger still in
the network then (someone will be along in a moment to correct/confirm
this) which also apparently benefited from the lack of attention the
strike caused, so with a fully digital network today I would imagine
few of us will notice any difference. The managers that declare their
skills will be well up to the job of card changing that switch
maintenance needs today, as will provision of service. External faults
will probably be more difficult to cover, but as summer is almost upon
us (less rain) there should hopefully be fewer faults
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Cheers

Peter
From: bod43 on 28 May 2010 14:16
On 28 May, 17:36, Petert <peter.tho...(a)brightchro.me.uk> wrote:

> us (less rain) there should hopefully be fewer faults


I would imagine that digger drivers will still be as keen as
usual to dig up fibre though!
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