ET Brought Down by Garbage Truck

[Baron]

Sorry for the down time today but it was totally out of our control. Check it out:

http://www.floridatoday.com/topstories/022304cable.htm

 

[range]

Glad you are back!

 

[aphexcoil]

Quote from Baron:

Sorry for the down time today but it was totally out of our control. Check it out:

http://www.floridatoday.com/topstories/022304cable.htm

Yeah, right. I've heard some excuses before but a GARBAGE TRUCK? Come on Baron, you can come up with something better than that.

Did you spill beer on the server?

 

[Baron]

I didn't figure that the "dog ate my servers" excuse would work so I had to come up with something.

 

[TriPack]

Quote from Baron:

Sorry for the down time today but it was totally out of our control. Check it out:

http://www.floridatoday.com/topstories/022304cable.htm

A likely story....

Seriously I'm glad you're back - was going into ET withdrawal there.

 

[chartie]

Baron,

Maybe you should suit that garbage/truck comp, on behalf of all the ET’ers who lost money trading today WITHOUT ET!!

 

[howellpar]

Yeah, Don (Bright) was organizing a 'cold turkey withdrawl' E.T. Anonymous Group - but, we couldn't agree on the 1st of the required 12 steps!!

 

[Baron]

I thought fiber optic cables were usually in the ground, not strung up between poles alongside power cables. I had no idea that fiber was that vulnerable.

 

[Tech Analysis]

Quote from Baron:

I thought fiber optic cables were usually in the ground, not strung up between poles alongside power cables. I had no idea that fiber was that vulnerable.

Good point; you'd think that the flexing from wind, etc would destroy them over time.

Makes you wonder about the whole internet infrastructure in this country sometimes . . .

 

[nitro]

Baron,

Are you running ET out of your house, or at a colocated datacenter?

nitro