[Asterisk-biz] D-Channels Dropping During Storms?

[Matt]

Well now this is the odd part.... we have a fibre connection from us
to the telecom office... they bring fibre into the building..
terminate it in the basement (equipment down there is battery backed
up and tested)... and then comes upstairs on copper...

On 6/6/05, Jeffrey C. Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 14:38 -0400, Matt wrote:
> > B.S. or not?
> >
> > We had a lightening storm come through our area....
> >
> > I dropped the d-channel on my asterisk box... a d-channel on my Nortel
> > phone system.... 2 DS3's and another PRI (d-channel) on an access
> > server.
> >
> > The phone company is saying.. well that happens during a storm.....
> > blah blah.... my question is.. is this B.S. or is it a fact of life?
> 
> Yes, lightning can really mess things up.  Just be glad that your boxes
> are still working.
> 
> > Anything I can do to stabelize things better?
> 
> Probably the best way would be to get an optical connection between your
> equipment and the telco CO.  The next best would be to have an
> experienced datacomm engineer take a look at your setup and add
> appropriate lighting protection.
> 
> Jeff
> 
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