said by mloebl:I also realized after I posted... as people come back online in the North East with their power and FIOS, it's probably going to get worse before it gets better until they can get NYC fixed up. In the article they mentioned since 9/11 they worked on the system so it would be more resilient, and technically, though sluggish, it is working vs. most or all traffic being DOA.
-Mike
You make some good points. I(and I assume you) will take working (albeit sluggish) over a total outage any day! 
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