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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (802)	12/24/1999 12:16:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 1782

re: Rochelle Park, NJ central office failure due to flooding this fall. From the NANOG List: The New Jersey state utility commission completed its investigation into the Rochelle Park, NJ central office failure due to flooding this fall. Bell Atlantic originally reported the cause as a dam breaking and water entering through doors left open by AT&T. AT&T disputed the report filed with the FCC. The state board investigators found no dam had broken and water had entered by a number of entrances, including cable vaults, basement plumbing fixtures, as well as the rear door. Bell Atlantic's report didn't mention the flood water entering through other entrances. The state board couldn't conclude whether any one source was the cause of the shutdown of the power plant at the central office. The board ordered both Bell Atlantic and AT&T to make improvements, investigate the flood risk at other locations, and report back to the board. Bell Atlantic stands by its report, except they now agree no dam broke. The FCC's investigation is continuing. Source: Bergen County Record bergen.com

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (802)	12/24/1999 3:13:00 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1782

Frank, Just wondering here. Wouldn't the role of the PSTN be easily mimicked in the future behind corporate data switches seemlessly connecting to Centrex style systems for businesses and behind headend servers for HFC systems that would provide one or two channels for voice, and behind antennas for wireless last mile providers, thus eliminating the role of the current ILECs and the present PSTN architecture? I can think of a lot of scenarios like the ones above that could replace/obsolete the present twisted pair-adigm. I just can't engineer one. But I believe I could hire it done. Seems to me that we are using the PSTN for the last mile because of its ubiquity, not because of any inherent superiority. Sorry, not too technically savvy, but at least it's a shot at it. Best, Ray