In article <1994Jul11.083749.26942@miavx1>, [log in to unmask]
(Peter Murray) writes:
> There being no official word, here's my best guestimate.
>
> Peter
>
> [ Article crossposted from mu.vms ]
> [ Author was Peter Murray ]
> [ Posted on 10 Jul 94 21:54:12 -0500 ]
>
> [log in to unmask] wrote:
> : As of this weekend, I have been unable to get a dial-up
> : connection onto my vms or vm accounts.  Can anyone out there
> : help with this?
>
> This is a known problem.  Ever since the severe storms Friday numerous
> people have noticed problems getting connections to *any* modem on
> campus (including the MCIS dialin pool).  Through trial and error, the
> problem seems to be between the GTE central office in Oxford and the campus
> phone system.  This is a *telephony* problem, not an MCIS problem.  I've
> logged a trouble report with GTE (about 36 hours ago), but they haven't
> tackled the problem yet
 
Seems to be working now.  I can at least connect at 14.4 and so far this
line is clear.
 
 
> (in fact, they tried to charge me for the
> technician to look at it...go figure, as if I owned the trunk lines
> between GTE and the Miami campus).
 
Leave it to GTE, huh?  Well at least it appears to be fixed now.