Update: Seti to be restored sometime today 3/1/01 Edit: Delayed again till tomorrow:(

[flyers1]

FYI...It appears SETI will be back up and running sometime today. The wait may soon be over Below is the updated quote from their webpage:
"
At about 3:30 AM PST on 27 February an optical fiber cable connecting the U.C. Berkeley campus with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory was cut, apparently by vandals trying to "salvage" copper from other nearby cables.

The broken fiber carries data and voice connections for LBNL and also for the Space Sciences Lab. SSL is where the SETI@Home project is located, so the millions of participants helping to analyze data have been unable to contact the SETI@Home servers ever since.

Contractors are pulling new cable. We now expect that service to SSL will be restored sometime today, Thursday, 1 March 2001.
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[smp]

Sweet.. yesturday they were saying that it would be done on friday.. if it does get done today that would be nice..

 

[Sukhoi]

Very cool.

 

[Wingnut]

Good news!!!! I hope they caught those guys! I believe it was done by a communication company though.

Linkified

 

[OldGeezer]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but from the current SETI page:

<This morning we (CNS) were told that the repairs would be finished sometime today. Unfortunately that's not the case. The carrier has finished pulling new cable, but now LBNL has to splice the new cable into their own fiber plant. This process will not be completed until late in the day Friday, 2 March.>

 

[Gazoooo]

If you are hurting for WU's......take advantage of Hellburners thread.
I'm sure there are a great number of TA members that have more then enough cached WU's.

 

[flyers1]

Damn...I guess I jinxed it by speeking too soon. Aparently there was a delay and it is again pushed back till tomorrow. The updated weppage is below:
&quot;
1 March 2001

At about 3:30 AM PST on 27 February an optical fiber cable connecting the U.C. Berkeley campus with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory was cut, apparently by vandals trying to &quot;salvage&quot; copper from other nearby cables.

The broken fiber carries data and voice connections for LBNL and also for the Space Sciences Lab and the Lawrence Hall of Science. SSL is where the SETI@Home project is located, so the millions of participants helping to analyze data have been unable to contact the SETI@Home servers ever since.

This morning we (CNS) were told that the repairs would be finished sometime today. Unfortunately that's not the case. The carrier has finished pulling new cable, but now LBNL has to splice the new cable into their own fiber plant. This process will not be completed until late in the day Friday, 2 March.

&quot;