Mind the Speed is a premier fibre provider operating in the FTTH market.
We want to let you know about some emergency network maintenance from Thursday 17th October 2024 from 23:59 till Friday 18th October 2024 10:30 GMT +2. While the work is being done, you may see a temporary interruption in service of no more than 1 hour.
Here is the scope of work and Service affected:
Work to be Completed:
MetroFibre technicians are rehabilitating fibre in the area below to relieve congestion and aid network stability and security.
Roll Back Plan:
All circuits not restored shall be tested from the affected units.
Services Affected:
Port Elizabeth and surrounding areas.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and want to reassure you that this maintenance is being done to ensure the quality and reliability of your service.
Change Reference CHG-000003539 Change Grade Critical Change Urgency Standard Scheduled Start Date and Time 2024/10/21, 08:00 Scheduled End Date and Time 2024/10/23, 17:00 Area/s Affected Tijgerhof, Sanddrift & Summergreens, Edgemead Area 1 Network Type Affected Vuma Core Change Description Replacing 24 port switches with 48 port switches. Change Impact Intermittent connectivity
Change Reference CHG-000003401 Change Grade Critical Change Urgency Standard Scheduled Start Date and Time 2024/10/22, 01:00 Scheduled End Date and Time 2024/10/22, 03:00 Area/s Affected Valmary Park, Sonstraal & Vygeboom Network Type Affected Vuma Core Change Description (Sub-change) Sites / Circuits Affected by the change: kuilsrivier-north-a70 kuilsrivier-south-a135 kuilsrivier-south-a42 la-rochelle-a101 northpine-a8 northpine-a44 oakdale-a19 oakdale-a66 oakdale-a73 parow-north-a62 plumstead-south-a108 proteaheights-west-a87 sonstraal-hoogte-a131 sonstraal-hoogte-a142 sunningdale-a59 summergreens-a79 sunningdale-a59 tableview-south-a29 tableview-south-a61 tygerdal-a75 valmarypark-a82
Change Summary: We have found that some devices were unable to update configuration locally and save changes made to the switch. This was due to a bug, possibly the current malloc free bug that we know about. Change Details: Anticipated Risk during Implementation: We have tested this in our lab in 100+ iterations and where none failed. This is a standard command that the factory use to initialize the NVRAM memory also.
Reason for change: Get rid of a bug so configuration may be updated locally. Change Impact No Connectivity
Change Reference CHG-000003629 Change Grade Major Change Urgency Standard Scheduled Start Date and Time 2024/10/24, 22:00 Scheduled End Date and Time 2024/10/25, 06:00 Area/s Affected Fairfield Estate & Churchill Estate Network Type Affected Vuma Core Change Description Richmond Estate 1 phase being upgraded to 3 phase power. Change Impact No Connectivity
Change Reference CHG-000003779 Change Grade Major Change Urgency Emergency Scheduled Start Date and Time 2024/10/24, 23:00 Scheduled End Date and Time 2024/10/25, 03:00 Area/s Affected Northcliff Zone 1 Network Type Affected Vuma Core Change Description This Change will be for the Replacement of the electrical wire that joint the Neutral to Earth, the current wire used is not thick enough to carry the current that is passing the wire and is currently a fire hazard.
BMCT/Taboo team with their electrician will be attending to this this evening and they will have to completely shut the pop down as this is in the Main DB for the POP. the sown time will last for approximately 1 Hour and then power will be switched on.
Team needs to install a new Breaker bar and new earth to Neutral wire. Change Impact No Connectivity
We want to let you know about some scheduled network maintenance on Friday 25th October 2024 from 08:00 to 18:00 GMT +2. While the work is being done, you may see a temporary interruption in service.
Here is the scope of work and Service affected:
Work to be Completed:
MetroFibre technicians are rehabilitating fibre in the area below to relieve congestion and aid network stability and security.
Roll Back Plan:
All circuits not restored shall be tested from the affected units.
Services Affected:
Client services in Kyalami Glen, Kyalami .
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and want to reassure you that this maintenance is being done to ensure the quality and reliability of your service.
Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time.
Change Reference CHG-000003579 Change Grade Critical Change Urgency Standard Scheduled Start Date and Time 2024/10/28, 21:00 Scheduled End Date and Time 2024/10/29, 04:00 Area/s Affected Sonkring Network Type Affected Vuma Core Change Description We will be disconnecting edenpark2-ds and ter-rondebosch3-ar1 completely.
Change Details
Move uplinks to cpt-area37-ar1 in place of edenpark2-ds with uplinks directly to the hs1 devices, move current uplinks in rondebosch to hs1 devices.
The following sites will be affected: proteaheights-east proteaheights-west kuisriver-south kuilsriver-north kuilsriver-east kuislriver-west Change Impact No Connectivity
Change Reference CHG-000003579 Change Grade Critical Change Urgency Standard Scheduled Start Date and Time 2024/10/28, 21:00 Scheduled End Date and Time 2024/10/29, 04:00 Area/s Affected Sonkring Network Type Affected Vuma Core Change Description We will be disconnecting edenpark2-ds and ter-rondebosch3-ar1 completely.
Change Details
Move uplinks to cpt-area37-ar1 in place of edenpark2-ds with uplinks directly to the hs1 devices, move current uplinks in rondebosch to hs1 devices.
The following sites will be affected: proteaheights-east proteaheights-west kuisriver-south kuilsriver-north kuilsriver-east kuislriver-west Change Impact No Connectivity
Change Reference CHG-000003580 Change Grade Critical Change Urgency Standard Scheduled Start Date and Time 2024/11/04, 21:00 Scheduled End Date and Time 2024/11/05, 04:00 Area/s Affected Eversdal, Vredekloof Network Type Affected Vuma Core Change Description Teraco Rondebosch CT1 and Eden Park
Change Summary Move all links from edenpark-ds2 to the new cpt-area40-ar1, Move current uplinks in rondebosch to hs1 devices
Move all links from edenpark-ds2 to the new cpt-area40-ar1 and uplinks in rondebosch to hs1 devices
The following sites will be affected: oakdale northpine boston la-rochelle stellenberg vredekloof Change Impact No Connectivity
Change Reference CHG-000003829 Change Grade Major Change Urgency Standard Scheduled Start Date and Time 2024/11/05, 23:00 Scheduled End Date and Time 2024/11/06, 03:00 Area/s Affected Sasolburg Network Type Affected Vuma Core Change Description Migrate Parys & Sasolburg to Huawei PTN. Adding the two POPs to the Alienwave 100Gbps ring Change Impact No Connectivity
Change Reference CHG-000003581 Change Grade Critical Change Urgency Standard Scheduled Start Date and Time 2024/11/11, 21:00 Scheduled End Date and Time 2024/11/12, 04:00 Area/s Affected Wynberg, Plumstead North Network Type Affected Vuma Core Change Description Teraco Rondebosch CT1 and Eden Park
Change Summary Move downlinks from rondebosch-xs1 to the new cpt-area39-ar1, Move downlinks on rondebosch-ar1 to cpt-area39-ar1
Reason for change To remove ter-rondebosch3-ar1 from the network
The following sites will be affected: plumstead-south tamboerskloof Change Impact No Connectivity