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To: Jack Colton who wrote (44273)	4/14/1998 3:02:00 PM
From: Mike Farrar	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 61433

Dow up 102. Nasdaq up 18.29. ASND up 5/16. That's not very impressive.

To: Jack Colton who wrote (44273)	4/14/1998 3:27:00 PM
From: djane	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

Nationwide breaks in AT&T service. News.com update [CSCO switches at fault] By Ben Heskett Staff Writer, CNET NEWS.COM April 14, 1998, 11:50 a.m. PT URL: news.com update AT&T's (T) top executive apologized to customers affected by outages on the company's frame relay network and pledged that the service will remain free until the cause has been rooted out. "We basically let our customers down and I apologize to each and every one of them," said C. Michael Armstrong, AT&T's chairman and chief executive. The telecommunications giant experienced what it termed "service interruptions" nationwide starting at 12 p.m. PT yesterday, apparently affecting thousands of business customers using the company's Interspan frame relay service, according to AT&T spokespeople. The company declined to disclose the exact number of customers affected by the outage due to competitive concerns. Customers will not be charged for use of the network until a root cause of the problem is found. The outage started with communications between two frame relay Stratacom switches from Cisco Systems and extended through the rest of the network, according to AT&T. Cisco is the primary provider of switching equipment for the Interspan service. "Cisco shares AT&T's commitment to providing the highest quality communications services. We view this interruption as unacceptable, and apologize to our joint customers who have been affected," Don Listwin, senior vice president of Cisco's Service Provider line of business, said in a statement. "Ensuring the highest level of network availability for our customers is always our top priority." As of 11:45 a.m. PT today, 96 percent of the network had been restored, according to AT&T. Frame relay technology offers a high-performance form of packet switching that is generally regarded as more reliable for the needs of organizations sending large "bursts" of data. The technology is generally deployed in wide area networks across far-flung geographic regions. Reuters contributed to this report. Go to Front Door \| The Net \| Search \| Short takes \| One Week View Productiva Copyright c 1995-98 CNET, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy policy.