VoxiHost - Upstream Provider (Civil Engineering Work) – Incident details

Upstream Provider (Civil Engineering Work)

ResolvedMajor outage4 hours 18 minutes

Affected

VPS Nodes

Major outage from 8:42 PM to 9:25 PM, Under maintenance from 9:25 PM to 12:05 AM, Operational from 12:05 AM to 1:01 AM

Node #1 (Germany/FRA)

Major outage from 8:42 PM to 9:25 PM, Under maintenance from 9:25 PM to 12:05 AM, Operational from 12:05 AM to 1:01 AM

  • ResolvedUTC

    This incident has been resolved for now.

  • MonitoringUTC

    The network is back up. We are not yet sure whether this is the end of the maintenance or whether there will be further disconnects. We will keep an eye on it and keep this status updated.

  • UpdateUTC

    We are still awaiting the network coming back. The work window runs until

    06:00 CEST, but that is the full window the carrier has reserved for the

    works, not how long we expect the outage to run. The network should come

    back well before then. We cannot give a firm time because the carrier is

    unable to say which route is being worked on at which moment.

    We were not informed at any point. No advance notice, and nothing since

    the work began. We are taking that seriously, and we have raised it with

    our upstream carrier: we expect to be told about scheduled work on the

    routes we depend on, and this time we were not.

  • IdentifiedUTC

    We are aware of current outage, unfortunetlly we were not informed correctly about Upstream Civil Engineering Work being done in the facility lasting from October 5 to October 6 (22:00 to 06:00 CEST).

    Information that we should have got (We didn't):

    "Upstream carrier utilizes the pipeline and route infrastructure of Gasline for parts

    of our fiber optic links. Gasline will be carrying out extensive civil engineering and

    fiber splicing work during the aforementioned period. Because these routes are leased

    and utilized by multiple service providers, an estimated 800+ customers and carriers in

    the greater Frankfurt East area will be affected by these measures – including the

    upstream provider and, consequently, our entire infrastructure.

    Although our network architecture is designed with multiple, physically diverse dark

    fiber routes to ensure redundancy, Gasline is unable to provide our carrier with

    reliable information regarding the exact times specific route sections and fiber strands

    will be disconnected."