Vodafone's Spanish Network Global Failure 10
TKS writes "It's one of those cases you study that can send a whole network to failure but never really happens. However, this time it did. Today Vodafone's spanish nation wide network stopped working [google Translation / Original Verion] for more than 7 hours leaving eight million clients without service. Allegedly an error updating a node's software expanded to the whole network affecting mobile connections and internet access." The Fish comes in handy if you don't speak Spanish.
Favorite Translation of the Comments (Score:2, Funny)
It took all the morning thinking that my new moving body had spoiled me.
Er, Miscatagorization? (Score:2)
Re:Er, Miscatagorization? (Score:1)
How far we have come!!! (Score:2, Interesting)
I reproduce the original automated translation below, with each line followed by any necessary editing to make it standard english. I did not consult the Spanish original.
Original translation: Vodafone reestablishes the service seven hours after the failure that has left incomunicados its clients.
Edited translation: Vodafone has reestablished service seven hours after a failure that has left its clients incomunicado.
Original translation: The associations of consumers ask for indemnifications for the clients of the company.
Edited translation: Consumer associations are asking for indemnifications for the clients of the company.
Original translation: MADRID. - The network of movable telephony of Vodafone in Spain has undergone a fall to the 07,00 hours that has left totally incomunicados during hours his more than eight million clients . To first hours of afternoon, according to sources of the operator, the service had been reestablished in almost all the Peninsula, although they continue the precise failures in some zones of the center of Spain.
Edited translation: MADRID. - Vodafone's mobile telephone network in Spain went down at 7:00 AM, leaving its more than eight million clients totally incomunicado for hours. According to sources in the operator, the service had been reestablished in almost all the Peninsula by the first hours of the afternoon, although localized failures are continuing in some zones of the center of Spain.
Original translation: The director of communication of Vodafone Spain, Corinne Norris, has assured to ELMUNDO.ES that the company hoped to reestablish the service in the rest of Spain towards the noon. Nevertheless, passed the 13 hours the great majority of the zones of Spain they followed without network.
Edited translation: The director of communications of Vodafone Spain, Corinne Norris, has assured ELMUNDO.ES that the company hoped to reestablish the service in the rest of Spain towards noon. Nevertheless, for more than 13 hours the great majority of Spain's zones were without service.
Original translation: To first hour of afternoon, Vodafone has informed that the service "was almost totally restored". Its technical service, nevertheless, continues working to solve the problems of some users who follow without service, specially in some zones of Madrid.
Edited translation: In the first hours of the afternoon, Vodafone informed the public that the service "was almost totally restored". Its technical service, nevertheless, continues working to solve the problems of some users who are without service, specially in some zones of Madrid.
Original translation: The failure took place when the telephony company it carried out changes of software in one of his nodes, during uan operation of maintenance. Concretely, it has been a node of Ericsson of network GSM pertaining to the fixed main network. According to Norris, the problem in the node has been causing a series of failures in cascade that have caused the collapse of all the network of Airtel in Spain.
Edited translation: The failure took place when the telephony company carried out changes of software in one of its nodes, during a maintenance operation. More specificiallyy, it was a node of Ericsson of the GSM network that pertained to the fixed main network. According to Norris, the problem in the node has been causing a series of cascade failures that have caused the collapse of all the Airtel networks of Spain.
Original translation: Vodafone Spain will ask excuses through short messages all its clients, once fixes completely the fall of its network. In the page Web of the company there is a warning for his clients of the failure, where one makes sure that the service will be recovered "throughout the morning".
Edited translation: Vodafone Spain will apologize to all its clients through short messages, once it has completely repaired its network. On company's Web site there is a warning for its clients of the failure, with an assurance that the service will be recovered "throughout the morning".
Sorry, I have to run, I don't have time to "translate" the rest, but Goddamn that's good!!!! It's really, really, really good.
Confusing Enough in English! (Score:2)
'Spanish' 'National' means all services in Spain
does not compute!
Re:Confusing Enough in English! (Score:1)
"Spanish Network" means spanish national network.
So the whole spanish national network went down.
seems to compute ok.
History (Score:3, Interesting)