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Activity ID: 2874

Activity type

ACTIVITY/OUTAGE:

Subject

UA Network - Remote Sites, Satellite Sun Outages

Scope

UA Network for Remote Sites with satellite connections:

Dillingham, Bethel, Nome, Kotzebue, Ft. Yukon and Barrow

Status 1

Activity / Outage

Start day

Saturday, 10-6-2012

Time:

12:00 pm

Recovery day

Friday, 10-19-2012

Time:

01:00 pm

Duration

12:43 -13:02. 19 minutes per day.

Description

AT&T satellite facilities will be experiencing sun related service degradations as a result of the alignment of the sun with our telecommunications satellite and ground stations.

Sun outages occur for a few days semi-annually when our satellite passes directly between the antenna on earth and the sun. Radio frequency noise from the sun is stronger than the desired signal from the satellite, resulting in a brief service interruption.

Circuits

MLEC 648586 Dillingham

MLEC 646559 Bethel

MLEC 795721 Nome

MLEC 800119 Kotzebue

MLEC 929651 Barrow

MLEC 971686 Ft Yukon

Comments

The most likely time for these interruptions will be between 12:43 AK and 13:02 AKDT. Different areas will be affected on different dates and times during this period.

Affected customers

Anyone using the network at UA Remote Sites in Dillingham, Bethel, Nome, Kotzebue, Ft. Yukon and Barrow.

Please note

Customers may experience fading or interruptions during these sun outages.

Authorized by

Jarkko Toivanen OIT Network Operations