[ILUG] [OT] Eircell

[Gordon McCormick]

I wrote:
> 
> Dave Wilson wrote:
> >
> > > Well apparently two mobiles in here were down too, both Eircell and
> > > Dodgyfone.  So was our ISDN link to Indigo!  Perhaps some uber-exchange
> > > got hit by a power-cut?
> >
> > Unreliable rumour says that the exchange involved was Merrion, and the
> > cut was applied by a JCB. Can anyone close to Merrion confirm|deny? :)
> 
> Both Merrion and Priory Park were down, PP is back up now (on wobbly
> legs)...
> 
> Doubt it was a JCB hitting both of them...[although...]

And now Merrion is back. [Still some legacy issues for the next hour
though...]

I did see a JCB driving away from dublin very fast with a 00-D license
plate...part of the y2k testing I presume...

gordon