On Wednesday 19 Sep 2001 6:06 am, Bobby G. Greer, Ph. D. wrote:
> about 12 AM 9/19, the St John's listserv came back to life. This is
> fitting for me, personally, since this is my mom's 90th birthday.
> Just think what that woman has seen!!!
>
> Bobby

The reason for the blip (this was sent to me whilst in the USA, so I
couldn't send it sooner):-

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The following was posted at SJU's ISP this morning:

http://www.appliedtheory.com

DISASTER RECOVERY UPDATE

9/13/01, 9:30am EDT

To all AppliedTheory customers:

The horrific destruction caused by terrorist attacks in New York City
have impacted telecommunications and Internet facilities located in
the area of the World Trade Center buildings. While AppliedTheory's
overall network and managed hosting remain fully operational, we are
evaluating potential problems and working to fix them as quickly as
possible.

AppliedTheory is committed to keeping our customers informed of the
status of our network and managed hosting services. We will provide
updated information as we confirm its accuracy.

Here is the status as we can report now:

AppliedTheory's main hosting data centers have not been affected
because they are not located in Manhattan and the network connections
serving those centers are not damaged. The data centers are fully
operational and service has continued uninterrupted.

However, AppliedTheory has been notified that Verizon's West Street
central office in Manhattan is out of service due to severe
structural and water damage. Many of our customers in New York City
and Long Island connect directly through this facility. Verizon is
working feverishly to bring in power generators and restore full
electricity. There is no guarantee however, that restoring power will
bring all telecommunications services to a fully operational state.
We will still need to investigate the extent of damage caused by the
terrorist attack before we can make more determinations. As such,
customers directly connected to devices in the West Street office
should be prepared for a disruption of network service. We are
working to implement alternative routing now. AppliedTheory is
working with other carrier network engineers and the telephone
company to potentially re-engineer and reroute around the West Street
outage. We cannot yet estimate time to repair (ETR), but we could
experience delays while the extensive damage is repaired.

Customers directly connected to the Deer Park, Garden City or White
Plains central offices will likely also be affected by an extended
West Street outage, if one occurs.

Each customer will receive direct communications concerning the
status of their service.

We are offering free temporary web splash pages to those AppliedTheory
customers in the NYC area whose web sites are not reachable. Please
call our Customer Support Center at 800-727-0793 if this applies to
you and a service representative has not contacted you.

We will continue to post information that applies to all our
customers in this space on our web site. Additionally, customers can
log in to the AppliedTheory customer support sites for more specific
details.

For further information, please contact your customer service
representative directly or the AppliedTheory Customer Support Center
at 800-727-0793.

Thank you again for your consideration during this time of national
tragedy.

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Hopefully everything is up and running now.

Cheers

Deri