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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Y2k silly season
Unnamed Administration sources reported that Hank Nussbacher said: > > > The phone companies won't admit it but they are scared that at 1 second > past midnight, everyone will say to themselves, "Hmmm, lights are still on, > I wonder if the phones have stopped working?" and then within 1 minute, > millions of people will be lifting their phones off the hooks to check > dial-tone. You know what happens when that happens. :-) Not much. The switches are VERY well designed and tested; Gatesware should dream of doing as well. See the discussion w/ folks who run same in comp.dcom.telecom.tech.. Rather than crashing; they protect themselves by suspending non-essential dianostics & maintenance, then delaying/denying dial tone to callers as needed. While lots of folks may be annoyed, I doubt switches will croak. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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