Article: AT&T Stages Network Disaster Recovery Drill in Chicago; Unique-in-the-Industry Drill Ensures AT&T Prepared to Restore Voice and Data Telecommunication Services Within 72 Hours of Disaster.

CHICAGO -- CHICAGO, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T today announced it will conduct a, five-day network disaster recovery (NDR) exercise beginning Friday, June 20, at the United Center. The exercise, designed to test and evaluate how well the company can respond to a simulated disaster that destroys a Chicago telephone switching center, comes just one month after the congressionally-mandated TopOfficials 2 disaster drills in Chicago and Seattle that tested emergency response systems in both cities.

AT&T's NDR exercise, one of several run each year, is part of AT&T's comprehensive business continuity plan to ensure communications can be restored quickly to its ...

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