Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Ascend Communications (ASND) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: P2V who wrote (45832)	5/1/1998 9:59:00 AM
From: Narotham Reddy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

Why downward pressure ? Any plausible explanation ? Narotham

To: P2V who wrote (45832)	5/1/1998 10:40:00 AM
From: The Phoenix	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

Marden, Yes, but Maverick's explanation was incomplete. Here's an excerpt from the artcile he posted... since it's a password protected site I thought I'd share this important portion of 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.'' Other analysts were more concerned about the final leg of the three-part problem, in which the StrataCom switch failed to stop a storm of administrative alarms from coursing across the AT&T network of 145 switches. .. Note that Ianna is Director (or something) of AT&T network services...not a Cisco employee or an independent. OG