At 9PM CST on March 14, 2017 we plan to complete the upgrade to the core switches that your service is connected to. This upgrade is necessary because the new cores support the latest technolgy like IPV6 in hardware, or VSS ETC.
We anticipate that this core switch replacement will take about 30 - 45 minutes and we another 60 minutes to ensure that all routing protocols like OSPF and BGP are fully operational. The new cores will also give us the ability to deploy the latest generation of 10G network links to deal with the large amount of data being trasmitted online. After this upgrade is completed tonight, our network will be stable for many years to come.
We appreciate your patience through this brief maintenance window tonight and look forward to improving your qualtity of service.
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