Briefly: Construction accident temporarily disrupts e-mail service
On Nov. 25 at 7:15 a.m., a construction crew for a project unaffiliated with the University accidentally damaged a major fiber-optic line between the central and medical campuses. The incident cut the medical campus off from voice and data services — including e-mail — for about three hours while Internet Technology Services worked to reroute network traffic. Joseph Paolillo, senior director of infrastructure services, said in an e-mail that the University had planned to accommodate the construction project by relocating the optic cable during off hours. A partial relocation occurred...
