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Power failure delays judge's e-mail
November 10, 1997
Web posted at: 12:55 p.m. EST (1755 GMT)From Correspondent John Holliman
(CNN) -- An electricity failure prevented Judge Hiller Zobel from delivering his decision to reduce Louise Woodward's verdict from second-degree murder to involuntary manslaughter via the Internet.
Power was disconnected to the Internet service provider (ISP) that the judge uses at precisely 10 a.m. EST as he was attempting to e-mail his decision.
The provider, Software Tool and Dye of Brookline, Massachusetts, lost power because a couple of Boston Edison electric workers in a manhole outside the building disconnected the building's electricity.
Software Tool and Dye spokeswoman Elizabeth Lear told CNN the company shut down all its computers when the power went off and waited about 15 minutes after power was restored at 10:30 a.m. EST before re-starting its computers.
Software Tool and Dye is the oldest Internet service provider in the United States. The company was founded in 1989 and serves 38,000 customers throughout New England. The last time it had a power failure was in 1994, Lear said.
In that situation, Boston Edison warned the Internet company in advance so it could bring in a generator. Lear said there was no warning in this situation and that the company wasn't aware Judge Zobel was a customer.
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