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TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) question and answer forum
ABC news
BT customers want talks on network failure (UK)
Samaritans hit by phone glitch (UK)
U.S. West phone customers report outages (gopher attack)
Heads up: Coronal Mass Ejection Headed for Earth This Weekend
Heavens Above + Telephone news from Ireland
911 problems
OT BIG LIE OF THE DAY issue #2. Todays whopper is that there will be a shortage of 30 year T bonds issued by the US Government . Interest rates rose to 6.65 % and dropped lower. The supply
OT BIG LIE OF THE DAY. This is a new thread that will list the big lies by the TV networks. Almost every newscast, more B S is presented as fact, there is no deficit, the fertilizer bomb destroyed the Murrah building (ABC tonignt) etc. etc.
OT: Bell Companies Took $21 Billion in Improper Tax Deductions and Overcharged Customers, New Networks Institute Says
FCC programming and transcription errors will cost Alabama phone companies millions in subsidies for serving rural areas this year
Long distance service out in Central Montana
Alaska: Satellite Telephone Service Outage Reported
Y2K TEST KOs PHONE SERVICE
"software problem" shuts down all phone traffic for 2 hours
Could enough bandwidth be gobbled up by hackers to crash large portions of the Net?
PRESSURE mounting on Australia's new Internet censorship legislation
Update to Major Memphis Outage
Florida: Outage puts brakes on MediaOne's Roadrunner
US West soliciting phone sex???maybe they can blame it on Y2K, hehe
SUN COM DOWN?????????
From friend in Eastern Australia - on the coast
AOL billing problems. Am I the only one?
Problems mount with AT&T's service in Texas
Australian Mobile phone glitch blacks out coverage across New South Wales and Capital Territory
Wrestling fans crushed by Rogers
Anybody Else Having Trouble Dialing Long Distance Into Ohio Using MCI ??? --- Busy Signals --
Long distance phones out in Independence, Ohio
Telephone problems
SW Bell cellphones messed up
Information Feedback, general systems and the forum
Call Accounting Software hit by bug?
October long distance billing
Irish Telecom accounts backdated to 1900
Cellular Phone acting weird all day
Do not depend upon your local 911 system to work--protect yourself and your family
Nigerians battle for lines after Y2k disconnect
Telecom Italia soothes ofn 1900 dated bill (...declared itself fully millenium compliant...)
Radio operators will jump into action at 45 RCMP detachments if computers, telephones, RCMP radio and mobile satellite phones all go down as New Year's Day begins.
INTELSAT Concerned For Y2K
Left their run a bit late! they are the first hit!
phone systems..if everyone picks up at the same time.
What's going on with AT&T, Part deux
Anecdote: Telecomms company taking their internal systems off line
Most 911 Centers Said Y2K Ready (the improvement is almost incredible)
FCC Extension of Telecommunications Y2K Compliance Date
Y2K Rings Up Satellite Phone Surge Companies Signing Up As Insurance Measure For Dec. 31 ---
Local Y2K Related Telephone Outage
which shortwave frequencies?
Can someone tell me which cellular phone carrier has best chance to work in new year?
ATT says it is Y2k ready but warns of problems in rural areas, abroad
A Blow FOR Freedom ....
Latest From Houston on Y2K Tests
911 outage in Atlanta Area
911 snag plagues anthrax drill
Datamarine International Ships 220 MHz Base Stations to Group of Electric Utilities
Telecom firms take to take on Y2K bug...
MCI WorldCom VP Resigns
Possible Y2K Phone Chaos
Satellite phones sell out due to Y2K fears
Net Companies to Hold Massive Y2K Call
* Amateur Radio Operators Will Be Standing By -- Just In Case *
Internet, Y2k, & Dec. 7, 1941
OT: HTML - Cutting and pasting link help.
Federal Government's Backup Communications System - SHARES
more on telcoms and switches...
OT ? - Internet Backbone Hacked!
Telephone Tag - A Real World Story
Any Cell Phone Should Dial 911, (even if you're not paying any service)
O/T ? Telecommunications
Telecom "Rumour" - Second hand news........
Software snafu KO's phone service to hub businesses (Y2k compliant)
Telcomm Testing
Y2K Back-Up Satellite Phone Company, Iridium Is Delisted by NASDAQ
Telephone System Networks - Reposting of a comment in a thread that died.
Irish Telecom crash due to 'bizarre' software failures
Y2K No Threat To Telephony
Bell Atlantic Reminds Us Y2K Movie is Fiction
Slightly OT: Leonidias hits a satellite?
CLUES!!!! Get Your Red Hot CLUES!!!!!
Long distance,local and cellular phone service interrupted
Slightly OT: Solar Activity - Coming to a Planet Near You 17-19 Nov
US West computers go down with computer glitch
ITU Year 2000 Questionnaire , Can you make sense of this??
Lucent technologies and MERLIN, and a FIVE YEAR LAMINATED LETTER
Telkom is still plagued with problems {Zimbabwe}
OT: Air Force concerned about Leonid meteor storm
Some 911 numbers not Y2k compliant (nearly half)
Just found out the phone system I develop isn't compliant.
MCI
which e-mail hosting services are most likely to work after y2k
New 911 computer system under fire
Don't touch that dial tone!!
Meriden - Cox hopes to remedy 911 glitch
Northampton's 911 dispute to enter courtroom
Telecoms - Bug issues delay HKT spin off (Hong Kong - Y2k problems)
U.S. TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
Power glitch causes failure in $25M 911 system
Have you already spent too much time in the same place?
y2k
A look at Lucent Technology's product readiness statements
You asked for Y2K testing...
Heads up NRIC meeting??
[Telecommunications] "ATI Expands Base with Intellicall" ... "... Software for the ASTRATEL 2 is in the Windows 95/98 format and Y2K-ready." ... LOL!
Theories? The Weird Message my Cable Company Sent...
Texas department of emergency management Y2K communications drill
OT?--Here is the address for US West Service Area
OT? - AT&T management
AT&T Y2K Confident
Pacific Bell Blamed For California Computer Crashes
Report Indicates AT&T Not Ready & Not Compliant?
Hotmail down in Midwest
AT&T takes down non-Y2K-compliant net
GTE, dammit
Bug threatens Kremlin hotline
St. Paul MN setting up an emergency radio network for the rollover
Where did that thread go: "For Everybody... How Will We Keep in Touch? (Or Something Like That), where I posted an enormous thing on Ham Radio
Telcos aren't prepared for the bug -Asia and Pacific regions
Telecommunication capacity of 20%?? Is this correct??? Marie???
What about satelites?
Solve the problems, air traffic chiefs told
9/23 e-mail to G.North re UPS in large Telco Switchroom
Hello?... Hello?... Anybody talking from the phone companies?
handheld ham radio, Yaesu vs. ICOM?
Pagers down???(OT?)
Scanner Info Needed.
Operators criticize NYC's 911 system (goes down 10-15 times a day
GTE fiber terminal failure affects long-distance in three states
Digital Flub Batteries Not Included
The Street.com: Telecom Insiders Reach for the Parachutes
CQ Y2K...CQ Y2K...CQ Y2K DE KG4DHJ...QRZ?...QRZ?...QRZ?
Paging all hams
(OT-Maybe) Little susie's on the up. Solar info
(OT?) More GPS incidents
Y2K Debate Round 2
GPS Rollover - Special Addition
Ameritech Voice Mail down in north chicagoland. 1,000's affected
Don't be too quick to assume the MCI frame-relay outage had anything to do with Y2K
OT - MCI thinks no one will leave them because of outage
Attention! Actual info from out telephone company!
Maria...you are being paged
Illinois has new $400,000 radio system in the event of Y2K failures
AM Radio
Challenge for Milne or "A"
Communications Industry Turns to Infoliant for Y2K Assistance
PHONES would NOT work 'just fine' implies FCC Report. Convinced everyone ? (excluding Marma)
Merlin Phone Systems. Any new word on the lawsuit or on patches, etc.?
NTT (Japan) Announces Critical-Systems Testing Completion
FCC Report on Telecommunications Y2K Readiness
PHONES will work ??? MARIA knows 'first hand' that phones will work . Really ? . . . Then why are AT&T, Sprint, the State Dept., and the CIA so worried then ?
Y2K Test Crashes PrineLine in Toronoto
Telecom Industry - Big Three
Third Canadian Phone System Failure - This one Y2K related.
Phone Problems in Florida
Canadian Phone Failure Update: Cascading Effects
ANITA & MARIA : As the outstanding Ladypollies-In-Chief, please explain.
Canadian Telcom Problems
PacBell 911 outage over Northern Calif. 7/14
France Telecom Y2K Ready
South Korea Telecom Operators Almost Y2K Ready
Govt Y2K Fears Driving Sales
Phone outages to average 8 days in Americas
GPS rollover: introduction of instability is systems?
Secure CB Post-Y2K Radio Communications
Satphones: Govt's backup plan for Telco Failures
Pueblo calling 911
Iridium LEO answer for Brian imager@home.com
SHORTWAVE RADIOS IN POST-Y2K?
A Refresher post on Ham Radio
Canadian Telecom Group Confident About Y2K
Rationing dial tones..For Maria.
Telecomm Testing Reports
Lets speed things up here
AT&T WIRELESS -- Major Overbilling -- Anyone else have same problem?
Status: Space Segment (Satellites & Support Systems)
Ham radio & single-sideband question
Transcript: Worldnet With Y2K Telecommunications Experts (USIA)
ham clubs
Telecom Y2K Upgrades
Yardini asks: Will the Phones Work in 2000?
"911, Emergency Services Still Shaky On Y2K"
Telco data point - need more now
Today's Wall St. Journal: ATT Asks State Dept. To Assist With Global Network Readiness
Is HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION (HDTV) still scheduled to be made available in the next 2 or 3 years? I read about 2 years ago that it was coming and that regular TV was to be phased out and that these systems are not compatible. Is
Paging Diane re: NRIC Assessment
Today's Wall St. Journal Article on Telephones in 2000
AT&T Corp. has no mention of y2k in 1999 10-K report
Y2K a Phone Call Away
911: Lotsa dots to connect...
Pac Bell (serious yet humorous)
US West suffers outage, brings down Wyoming
"U,S, National Guard To Test For Y2K Phone Failure"
International telephone communication
Baygen sw radio- which band to get?
Two-year solar storm has disruption potential
"Austere Internet"
How's this for ya on communications
Did anyone else see this story?
MCI/Sprint reportedly cutting their Y2K work mighty close
AT&T Y2K Test Crashes System (Unconfirmed)
Voice only at best - New Area Codes could be lost
Redundancy and 'ifs' re communications - by request
Can This Be True??? Internet Long Distance Charges
Big Toe please comment on commsat
Natnl TV ADS,& close captioning screwed up..
Phones:Phony Statistics shoot sunshine without service.
Merry Christmas
Phones Out in AR/OK
need info on two-way radios
Telephone companies & Y2K
Bug Threatens Most Wide Area Networks?
Telecom: Disclosure, SEC Form 10-Q
If you want to be part of the solution then why not - - -
GPS Rollover
Will Cell phones work? I assume local service may not.
Cell phones usage during Y2K debacle
Comms Satellite status
Telephones after y2k
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