John Higdon <john@zygot.ati.com> (07/22/90)
Remember the data circuit that I mentioned last week that runs between
GTE and Pac*Bell land? This morning the client reported the circuit
down once again. As is my practice, I verify the customer's equipment
before turning in the report to telco. This, of course, is just a
formality since the trouble is always found to be somewhere in GTE's
equipment or lines. A call to the studio in San Jose revealed that the
unit was functioning properly, it just didn't have data. So I took off
to the mountaintop site in Los Gatos. Again the unit was functioning
and transmitting data that was not getting through to the studio.
I called telco and reported that the Los Gatos-->San Jose direction
was not functioning. In the meantime I decided to do a little on-site
inspection of the telco facilities. Who knows, maybe a jumper came
loose or something like that. Opening the 1.1 box cover revealed six
(count em), six very startled mice huddled in among the wiring. Yucch!
I beat on the box causing the mice to scatter in every direction and
then located the jumper for the data circuit. It had been chewed
through. Reconnection restored normal operation.
I called and cancelled the trouble report. It was the usual Mickey
Mouse GTE trouble, but with a slightly different twist. BTW, anyone
know how to clean mouse p*ss off of a terminal box?
John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395
john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !