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To: Maverick who wrote (13718)4/29/1998 9:33:00 PM
From: The Phoenix  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 77399
 
Oh geez Maverick...stop with the spin... Here's an excerpt from the article..

And although the problem was with the software, Ianna
added that AT&T's upgrade procedures were at fault. He
declined to elaborate, but some observers questioned the
decision to upgrade a component on a live switch during
business hours.

"This was a calamity of errors,'' said Mike Schumacher,
senior manager of enterprise network practice at KPMG
Peat Marwick, in Houston. "The software patch should
have been fully tested in a lab before throwing it out
there.'


Gary



To: Maverick who wrote (13718)4/30/1998 8:50:00 AM
From: Bill  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 77399
 
Other vendors (NT, NN) are claiming AT&T frame relay network shutdown would not have happened had their equipment been installed.