AT&T conducting full scale disaster recovery exercise in Seattle

AT&T will bring a team of experts to Seattle to conduct a full-scale, six-day Network Disaster Recovery (NDR) exercise starting on Friday, February 27th, at 3457 East Marginal Way, Pier 25, south of Seattle.

The exercise falls on the three-year anniversary of the 6.8 magnitude Nisqually Earthquake that hit the Puget Sound area and impacted residents and businesses throughout the area.

AT&T maintains a network disaster recovery team consisting of more than 100 managers, engineers and technicians, as well as a fleet of more than 150 self-contained equipment-trailers and support vehicles.

Equipment used in the Seattle exercise will include:
* Command Center: 53-foot custom-designed and manufactured semi-trailer that provides 820 square feet of self-contained mobile command and control space. It has its own onboard generator, telephone system, local area network (LAN), and other capabilities that provide an office away from the office.

* Emergency Communications Vehicle: 4-wheel drive van equipped with two generators, supplemental cooling/heating, auto-positioning 1.2 metre satellite antenna utilising Ku-Band service, and automatic vehicle leveling jacks. It is used to provide command and control communication for recovery from a network disaster as well as a capability to provide communication for humanitarian relief efforts. Can provide 192 simultaneous telephone circuits from an isolated disaster site.

* Network Technology Trailers: Each 53-foot custom-designed and manufactured semi-trailer contains some of the same electronics and optics that are used in the worldwide AT&T Intelligent Network.

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•Date: 26th February 2004 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms cont
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