dmkdmk@UNCECS.EDU (David M. Kurtiak) (05/10/88)
I have been trying to call an exchange in Chicago for the past two days
to no avail. A recording states that "Due to local telephone company
problems in the area you are calling, your call cannot be completed.
Please try again later". After a few calls to the AT&T operator and
their long distance repair number, I finally found out that an
Illinois Bell building serving the Chigago area caught fire and there
was serious damage. I'm told that hundreds of exchanges are affected. (!!)
Calls via MCI, Sprint, etc. also came up with similar results, just
different recordings. From what I understand, Ill. Bell is working on
the re-routing of calls through the office that burned, and service
*may* be restored by Wednesday.
Anyone else have any info. regarding this? Is this similar to the
fire that hit the CO in New York City a couple years ago? I thought
that disasters like these were preventable to a large extent by using
halon and other measures... How can something of this degree occur
with relatively modern equipment? Enough questions, I'm just curious..
A posting to this newsgroup would probably be most appropriate for
discussion. Thanks for sharing!
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David M. Kurtiak
UNC - Greensboro
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Internet: dmkdmk@ecsvax.uncecs.edulen@netsys.UUCP (Len Rose) (05/12/88)
I also noted that many of our 800 calls are now being affected.
Repeated calls to the ATT repair line,have revealed that no one
knows when they will be back online.. So much for the damned
Bell System breakup..
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