[10922] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Stratton)
Thu Jul 17 12:42:57 1997
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 12:37:08 +0000 (GMT)
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@netrail.net>
To: Scott Yoneyama <yone@wolfenet.com>
cc: Charles Sprickman <spork@inch.com>, Scott Landman <Scott_Landman@zd.com>,
bnite@tremere.ios.com, mpearson@games-online.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <33CE4464.42AEB101@wolfenet.com>
On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Scott Yoneyama wrote:
> As to railroad right-of-ways, they will only let you within 30 feet of
> the tracks, which is still in the ror. It is safer than anywhere else
> because of the difficulty of getting permits to dig in railroad ror (5+
> years here in Washington) even for other utilities. Some idiot with a
> backhoe can still be way of target though and get you. Derailments and
> floods are also big problems in rr-ror. The only real protection you
I think the fiber Williams Co. has in the ground (most of the old WilTel
network) is much safer then fiber laid next to tracks. If people see
a sign that says "Fiber cable, do not dig" or "High pressure gas line, do
not dig" the latter gets much more attention. Last time I talked to
someone as Williams they were saying they never have had a cut along the
gas pipeline.
Nathan Stratton President, NetRail,Inc.
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