IP: Re: try to Use AT&T !!! (or rather, try to use IBM!!!)

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

From: "Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () radiomail net>
To: "Dave Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu>


AT&T is not the only one with woes, check out the IBM Global Network at 
http://www.ibm.net/net/status.html


Network Status as of: Nov 15 11:26 AM (EST) (GMT: Nov 15 16:26 ) 
Our mail servers are currently behind in delivering email. We apologize for
the inconvenience and are working to correct the problem. 


This has been going on for about a day, and if you read their usenet
newsgroups (available only to ibmnet subscribers) on
news:ibmnet.services.info and ibmnet.general you'll see this is more of a
regular occurance than a one off event.
Many users have been sounding off with woes of delayed mail, news, dial
node problems, etc.  IBM seems to have been having many of the same
problems as AT&T, NETCOM, et al. -- but for some reason have been able to
avoid the limelight of the press.  


Are there money problems at IBM?  Apparently, one would gather from the
report below, IBM is having trouble finding the cash to buy the hardware to
fix their problems???


On the IBMNET.GENERAL news group, 11/4/96 "Status Report":


What is Happening Behind the scenes
Specifications have been completed to upgrade all news servers
(CA & NY).  The request still needs to be approved, money allocated
and hardware ordered.  This is not a "quick fix", but a long term
solution, which will provide for easy expansion as the service grows.
In the short term, additional hardware with software changes are 
being implemented to improve the service.
Concurrently evaluation of other news server software is in progress.
These evaluations are currently in the ALPHA stage of testing, early
evaluation has identified some problems that we are working to
overcome.
We hope to move to BETA test once the problems have been corrected.


Please continue to address all concerns and problems to the
IGN Help Desk.


Further status reports will be posted in ibmnet.news.admin.
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