MAE-West et al.

Tim Wolfe

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Dec 8, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/8/98

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Any word if the major power problems near San Fransisco are affecting
MAE-West or any carriers in that area?

Tim

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Steve Feldman

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Dec 8, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/8/98

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> Any word if the major power problems near San Fransisco are affecting
> MAE-West or any carriers in that area?

The MAE West facilities are 20 miles or so south of the affected
areas (SF, San Mateo County) so no problems here.

I can't speak for any of the carriers, but I haven't noted
problms on any of the circuits which I pay attention to.

Steve

Ulf Zimmermann

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Dec 8, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/8/98

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I have heard of flakey power also in San Jose, not as bad as in
San Francisco, but also not completly stable.

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> Steve

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Mike Leber

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Dec 8, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/8/98

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On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Steve Feldman wrote:
> > Any word if the major power problems near San Fransisco are affecting
> > MAE-West or any carriers in that area?
>
> The MAE West facilities are 20 miles or so south of the affected
> areas (SF, San Mateo County) so no problems here.

Not to mention that there are 4 emergency generators in the building.

Mike.

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Curt Howland

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Dec 8, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/8/98

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...or that the MAE has two seperate physical installations,
one at NASA Ames, also with full power backup...

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> > Any word if the major power problems near San Fransisco are affecting
> > MAE-West or any carriers in that area?
>
> The MAE West facilities are 20 miles or so south of the affected
> areas (SF, San Mateo County) so no problems here.

Not to mention that there are 4 emergency generators in the building.

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Bill Woodcock

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Dec 8, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/8/98

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We're seeing power-down on our CPE at about 10% of our SF Bay Area
customers, almost all in San Francisco and the upper peninsula, San Mateo,
South San Francisco, Burlingame, et cetera. Peak was about 25%, at
about 7:30am local time. My understanding was that some parts of Oakland
were effected as well, I didn't see any of that directly. We didn't see
any problems in teh south bay or south end of the peninsula.

-Bill

Bill Jones

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Dec 13, 1998, 3:00:00 AM12/13/98

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Steve Feldman wrote:
>
> > Any word if the major power problems near San Fransisco are affecting
> > MAE-West or any carriers in that area?
>
> The MAE West facilities are 20 miles or so south of the affected
> areas (SF, San Mateo County) so no problems here.
>

> I can't speak for any of the carriers, but I haven't noted
> problms on any of the circuits which I pay attention to.
>

> Steve

MAE-West-Moffett side went onto generator power and remained on
generator power after the first flicker of lights for 72 hours.
Numerous power alarms were being generated but no actual malfunctions
at the gateway were detected. However, power restoration by PG&E
appeared to be sluggish on the Peninsula and though 20 miles away
seems far enough away, the electrical grids intersect at Moffett and
prudence was recommended. Generator and UPS/battery system performed
as expected, A-OK.

/bill jones, Ames Internet eXchange manager