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Verizon's NYC 911 System Shutdown

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday March 28, 2004 @11:17AM from the risks-digest dept.

Dead Nancy writes "A combination of human error and software that didn't anticipate it brought down New York City's 911 emergency line for several hours on Friday night."

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interesting name... by narzy · 2004-03-28 11:18 · Score: 0, Redundant

dead nancy

I wonder what the effects were, if anyone was seriously dead due to the matter.
1. Re:interesting name... by Fancia · 2004-03-28 12:46 · Score: 0, Redundant
  
  Well, there's mostly dead, and then there's completely dead.
  
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Re:NYTimes by Sly+Mongoose · 2004-03-28 13:32 · Score: 1, Redundant

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Re:Don't mod me up please! by System.out.println() · 2004-03-28 13:46 · Score: 1, Redundant

Poor mods... where should the points go? *scratches head*

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