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Liquid Emergency Change scheduled - 16 February 05H00

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Scheduled for February 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM – 6:00 AM

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  • Completed
    February 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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    February 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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    February 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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    February 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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  • Planned
    February 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
    Planned
    February 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM

    Dear Customer,

     

    Please take note of a Liquid Emergency Change scheduled at NLD1 (between Germiston and Heidelberg)on the 16TH February 2025 from 05:00 to 08:00. Liquid urgently needs to repair 48 fibre pairs that have been damaged by unknown and is at Risk. The section is very dangerous to work at night.

     

     

    IMPACT: Services will be down for a maximum duration of 2Hrs.

     

    Affected Services:

     

    NLD DB1- JB1 - Liquid

     

    Reason for Change:

     

    To repair 48 fibre that has been damaged by unknown and is at Risk. The section is very dangerous to work at night.

     

    Implementation plan

     

    • All fibres will be tested to confirm they are not damaged

    • Cut the cable and splice the fibres.

    • Continuously confirming the NOC for service restoration

    • Splice the rest of the fibres once all workers are through

    • Final confirmation with both NOC on completion.

     

    Rollback Plan:

     

    In the event services are not restoring, the technicians will stop the activity temporarily then follow the below:

    •             Re-test and re-splice any damaged fibres to restore the services.

    •             Test and confirm with the NOC that all services have restored.