Planned Power Outage for Construction at Cal Poly Dec. 22 Will Affect Campus Phone, Computing Systems

SAN LUIS OBISPO -- Many sections of Cal Poly’s Web site, as well as most phone service on campus, will be unavailable Friday, Dec. 22, during a 12-hour power outage for construction.

The day is a holiday for almost all campus employees, including faculty, staff and administrators. All non-essential campus offices are scheduled to be closed Friday, Dec. 22, Monday, Dec. 25, and Tuesday, Dec. 26.

The campus-wide electrical outage planned for Friday, December 22, will affect Cal Poly telephone, computing and network services from approximately 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

During the outage, telephone services will continue for Building 14 and the University Police Department. However, elsewhere on campus, telephone services will only be available in buildings powered by generators. There will be no wireless or wired network connectivity on campus until power is restored.

Services housed in the Building 14 data center, including the main Cal Poly university web page at www.calpoly.edu, will be powered by generator.

Services available via the Internet from off-campus computers during the power outage include the My.CalPoly.edu portal, Oracle e-mail, Blackboard and some university web sites.

For more information please call the ITS Service Desk at 805-756-7000. Web and phone services, along with campus power, are scheduled to return late in the evening Friday, Dec. 22.

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