Con Ed officials have said they would be spending $315 million on system upgrades over the next few years.
Weibo blamed the situation on a systems upgrade, but the timing of the restriction made it seem like a method to prevent content that would be deemed unsuitable by authorities.
During the transition from one release to another and the subsequent code modification, the data management system could become unavailable for an unidentified time (depending on the success and duration of system upgrade).
Given that the company has already pre-warned on the costs of implementing systems upgrades and a promotional environment, this is clearly an important statement.
One is left to wonder, however, whether a business model based on providing system upgrades runs the risk of eventually running out of business.
A new, weak low-level circulation started to develop within that area, several kilometers east of Visayas, Philippines on September 12. PAGASA issued warnings on the system, upgrading it to a tropical depression and naming it Yaning on September 13.
The Public Service Commission's report said Con Ed had spent as much money on maintenance and system upgrades in Washington Heights and Harlem as in other neighborhoods.
The upgrades include sophisticated systems to detect vehicles stopped on tracks and other warning system upgrades that researchers have found can reduce collisions at rail crossings.
The 58 Palm Pilots cost the company a mere $5,000, a drop in the bucket compared with the $250,000 PCBB was originally prepared to spend on an order-system upgrade.
(Although the signal system upgrade on those lines will likely take years, she confirmed).
