matt45:

old3eyes:

matt45:

old3eyes: Expect more of these over the next few years until the NGN comes on line as most of the old NEAX exchanges are over 20 years old with very little spares.
Think of it as a 20 year old server with 20 year old hard disks running it..

nothing wrong with a bit of magnetic tape :P

The backup tapes died and had to be replace several years ago with either flash or hard disks..

their function has been replaced but they are still there.