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Hinsdale telco, 1988. Didn't take out the entire Chicago area but was probably the worst case scenario for a suburban switch. Hinsdale handled the airports, FA
by joezydeco 3y ago
Hinsdale telco, 1988.
Didn't take out the entire Chicago area but was probably the worst case scenario for a suburban switch. Hinsdale handled the airports, FAA ATC offices, and the emerging mobile/cellular network. Long distance and 411 was down for whole counties.
This is a pretty good USENET archive/digest of the event, if you can get past the Web0.1 formatting:
http://telecom.csail.mit.edu/TELECOM_Digest_Online/1309.html http://telecom.csail.mit.edu/TELECOM_Digest_Online/1309.html