Re: [californiadisasters] AT&T prepares for disaster with San Jose recovery exercise

AT&T has a couple of videos up on Youtube about their DR drills.
There's another one that I saw a couple of years ago that was a time
lapse of the trucks spotting the trailers and the whole works getting
set and wired up.

On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:16:48 -0700, you wrote:

>AT&T prepares for disaster with San Jose recovery exerciseThe Tech
>Chronicles - San Francisco Chronicle
>
>Posted By: Ryan
>Kim<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/techchron/author?blogid=19&auth=68>(
>Email <rkim@sfchronicle.com>) | July 09 2010 at 03:23 PM
>
>AT&T has set up camp in a San Jose hotel parking lot to show how fast they
>can restore network service in the event of a disaster.
>
>The demonstration exercise, which runs through next week, will replicate the
>restoration of a central office that goes off line either through a natural
>disaster or man-made event. AT&T has hauled in more than 20 trailers and
>trucks that are capable of rerouting wired and wireless traffic.
>
>The demonstration highlights the growing need for quick network recovery
>efforts, especially as we grow more reliant on mobile phones and Internet
>connections. In the post 9/11 era, it's also more critical that network
>operators learn to deal with potential terrorist threats in addition to
>earthquakes, wild fires and storms.
>
>While the demonstration takes place in San Jose, it's meant to replace the
>functions of a small central office in San Francisco. Using a handful of
>technology trailers packed with telecom equipment, AT&T can connect to a
>fiber ring dozens of miles away from a downed office and recover traffic
>that would have flowed through that site.
>
>The hope is to restore operations within one week though AT&T can often get
>service up and running within a few days in a major emergency. In the 9/ll
>attacks, AT&T took 53 hours to restore a basement center in downtown New
>York that was destroyed in the north tower of the World Trade Center.
>
>AT&T is constantly monitoring storms and emergencies and can roll equipment
>from five locations around the country. Mobile operations can scale up to
>more than 40 pieces of equipment to restore service to a city the size of
>San Francisco.
>
>The San Jose operation also includes satellite cell on light truck units,
>which can replace a downed cell site using a satellite link. The trucks can
>help restore cellular service to consumers or can provide prioritized access
>to emergency responders.
>
>"As people become more dependent on technology, we want to get the network
>up as fast as we can after a disaster so people can start working as quickly
>as possible," said AT&T's Kevan Parker, who is leading the San Jose Network
>Disaster Recovery.
>Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/techchron/detail?&entry_id=67553

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