Sprint outage today

[Robert J. Rockell]

When:  Today; 1300 EST.

Who is affected: All customers homed to sprintlink (as well as peers).

What: upgrade Software

How much:  Approximately 20 minutes (plus bgp work)
	Statically routed customers should be back up in 10-15 minutes. BGP
	customers can expect an outage of up to a half-hour.


If you are a sprint customer, and have problems after this afternoon, please
feel free to write directly, and I we will make sure to work to get you back
in service. 


Why:  Upgrading software to provide better filtering and customer
functionality.

Thanks
Rob Rockell
Sprint Internet Services
Principal Engineer
SprintLink Europe/Asia
703-689-6322
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