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2009/10/04 - Network Outage, St Peter's Campus
QUOTE(Electrical Section @ Sep 22 2009, 3:44 PM)
Please note that the electricity supply to the following areas will be interrupted from 14h00 to 17h00 on Thursday 24th September 2009:-
St Mary's hall, Courtney Latimer hall, Allen Web hall and all residences associated to these halls. St Peters campus, Eden Grove, and the Alumni building. In fact all buildings between Lucas Avenue and Grey Street in the lower campus will be affected.

This scheduled electrical work will have a corresponding impact on networking and telephones in the affected areas outlined above.

The network distribution centres in the affected areas have battery backup that'll last between two and three hours. Once this is exhausted, the following may also be affected: Albany History Museum, Botany, Eleanor Brown house (Canterbury Annexe), NELM, Psychology, Psychology Clinic, Sanatorium, and Winchester house.
QUOTE(Electrical Section @ Sep 23 2009, 2:01 PM)
Due to overwhelming response in connection with seminars, conferences etc the electricity interruption on the 24th September has been cancelled. The outage has now been rescheduled to Saturday 3 October 2009.

QUOTE(Electrical Section @ Sep 23 2009, 3:26 PM)
Due to overwhelming response once again in connection with seminars, conferences etc the electricity interruption on Saturday the 3 October 2009 has been cancelled. The outage has now been rescheduled to Sunday 4 October 2009.

The outage scheduled for Thursday 24th September 2009 was rescheduled to 3rd October, and has now been rescheduled again. The above notice still applies, albeit with revised dates.
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