Fri Sep 8 11:34:57 PDT 2000 — Fiber Cut in Bay Area. Global Crossing (gblx.net) has experienced what has been termed a “catastrophic” fiber cut. Multiple circuits are effected, and there is the possibility that multiple ISP’s are affected. Sonic.net members may experience high latency and packet loss to gblx-connected sites while gblx’s network is repaired. According to our “Internet-weather” monitoring, neither UUNet or Cable & Wireless are affected, nor is Sonic.net. -Scott