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Critical incident

WiscNet: 2303810 | Merit - Down

Oct 14, 2026, 14:10 UTC
started
16:05 UTC
resolved
1 h 55 min
duration

Affected: MERIT Network

Current status of WiscNet: Partial outage — live WiscNet status

Timeline

  1. Oct 14, 2026, 14:10 UTC
    identified
    We received a call reporting a Merit reporting a circuit down between Green Bay and Chicago. There is known maintenance work occurring that was not anticipated to affect anyone that started at 8 AM. Please let us know if you are still down at 10 AM CST.
  2. Oct 14, 2026, 16:05 UTC
    resolved
    Hello, Work has been completed. Please let us know if you are still having any issues.
  3. Oct 14, 2026, 16:09 UTC
    postmortem
    Date & Time of Incident: 10/14 at 8 AM Duration: unknown Technician\(s\): Jim Review Date: 10/14 Brief Summary: A Merit circuit from Green Bay to Chicago went down due to a maintenance that was not expected to be service affecting. Root Cause: Maintenance

Updates as published by WiscNet (original).

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