Rogers fiber cut between Vancouver and Seattle?
Hearing of a Rogers fiber cut that's affected some of our transport between Burnaby (BC, Canada) and Seattle. I don't have much in terms of details, though. Anyone else affected in the know of details or ETR? -- Hugo
An update indicates this is a submarine cut between Whidbey Island and Seattle, apparently with reference to Telus at this point rather than Rogers. No ETR. -- Hugo -----Original Message-----
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:12:29 -0800 From: Hugo Slabbert via Outages <outages@outages.org> To: outages@outages.org Subject: [outages] Rogers fiber cut between Vancouver and Seattle? User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30)
Hearing of a Rogers fiber cut that's affected some of our transport between Burnaby (BC, Canada) and Seattle. I don't have much in terms of details, though. Anyone else affected in the know of details or ETR?
-- Hugo
I believe that Allstream (just purchased by Zayo) owns the submarine cable between Vancouver and Seattle. The submarine cable was cut two years ago and it took over a week to repair. On Wed, Nov 25, 2015, at 02:19 PM, Hugo Slabbert via Outages wrote:
An update indicates this is a submarine cut between Whidbey Island and Seattle, apparently with reference to Telus at this point rather than Rogers. No ETR.
Latest update we received at 05:09 AM PST: Global Marine Systems should have pilots join a ship at 16:00 PST today (Thursday, Nov. 26th) and depart from Port Angeles to the breakage area to assess the cable and conditions. If conditions permit, repairs will commence, though there are concerns that due to a spring tide and strong current, tugs may be needed. If so, that will delay things until Monday, as tugs are not currently available and won't be until Monday due to the Thanksgiving weekend. -- Hugo
Updated ETR is apparently Sunday evening or Monday morning, with the update stating that ships are onsite and the repairs are ongoing. -- Hugo -----Original Message-----
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 09:17:55 -0800 From: Hugo Slabbert via Outages <outages@outages.org> To: Clinton Work <clinton@scripty.com> CC: outages@outages.org Subject: Re: [outages] Rogers fiber cut between Vancouver and Seattle? User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30)
Latest update we received at 05:09 AM PST:
Global Marine Systems should have pilots join a ship at 16:00 PST today (Thursday, Nov. 26th) and depart from Port Angeles to the breakage area to assess the cable and conditions. If conditions permit, repairs will commence, though there are concerns that due to a spring tide and strong current, tugs may be needed. If so, that will delay things until Monday, as tugs are not currently available and won't be until Monday due to the Thanksgiving weekend.
-- Hugo
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Work is still ongoing; updated ETR is 24 hours. -- Hugo -----Original Message-----
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 08:32:21 -0800 From: Hugo Slabbert via Outages <outages@outages.org> To: Clinton Work <clinton@scripty.com>, outages@outages.org Subject: Re: [outages] Rogers fiber cut between Vancouver and Seattle? User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30)
Updated ETR is apparently Sunday evening or Monday morning, with the update stating that ships are onsite and the repairs are ongoing.
-- Hugo
-----Original Message-----
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 09:17:55 -0800 From: Hugo Slabbert via Outages <outages@outages.org> To: Clinton Work <clinton@scripty.com> CC: outages@outages.org Subject: Re: [outages] Rogers fiber cut between Vancouver and Seattle? User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30)
Latest update we received at 05:09 AM PST:
Global Marine Systems should have pilots join a ship at 16:00 PST today (Thursday, Nov. 26th) and depart from Port Angeles to the breakage area to assess the cable and conditions. If conditions permit, repairs will commence, though there are concerns that due to a spring tide and strong current, tugs may be needed. If so, that will delay things until Monday, as tugs are not currently available and won't be until Monday due to the Thanksgiving weekend.
-- Hugo
Latest update from this morning (summarized from a voicemail rather than text update): - jointing area is being prep'd for initial testing to check for damage and continuity towards Seattle, which will take a few hours - if testing is successful, both cable ends will then undergo final prep for splicing, which will take another 3 hours - time to complete testing and working the cable to the proper length took longer than expected - another hour before prep starts and then 3-4 hours for splicing - once the fibers have been spliced, outside techs will then be given an hour's notice to begin end-to-end testing Voicemail noted 07:00 - 07:30 AM PST as the time when technicians would begin testing. As the message came in at 07:42 AM, I can only assume that either the actual update from the field came in much earlier and was just getting relayed now, or their times are off given that they were talking about 4-5 hours between testing + splicing. -- Hugo -----Original Message-----
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 08:40:29 -0800 From: Hugo Slabbert via Outages <outages@outages.org> To: Clinton Work <clinton@scripty.com>, outages@outages.org Subject: Re: [outages] Rogers fiber cut between Vancouver and Seattle? User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30)
Work is still ongoing; updated ETR is 24 hours.
-- Hugo
Latest from Rogers this morning has the cable on the seabed and Bell and Allstream beginning fiber testing at 01:45 PST. We got link up on our circuit at 06:05 PST with connectivity confirmed across it and no flaps since that initial link up. -- Hugo -----Original Message-----
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 08:27:16 -0800 From: Hugo Slabbert via Outages <outages@outages.org> To: Outages <outages@outages.org> Subject: Re: [outages] Rogers fiber cut between Vancouver and Seattle? User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30)
Latest update from this morning (summarized from a voicemail rather than text update):
- jointing area is being prep'd for initial testing to check for damage and continuity towards Seattle, which will take a few hours - if testing is successful, both cable ends will then undergo final prep for splicing, which will take another 3 hours - time to complete testing and working the cable to the proper length took longer than expected - another hour before prep starts and then 3-4 hours for splicing - once the fibers have been spliced, outside techs will then be given an hour's notice to begin end-to-end testing
Voicemail noted 07:00 - 07:30 AM PST as the time when technicians would begin testing. As the message came in at 07:42 AM, I can only assume that either the actual update from the field came in much earlier and was just getting relayed now, or their times are off given that they were talking about 4-5 hours between testing + splicing.
-- Hugo
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