[113382] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daryl G. Jurbala)
Fri Apr 10 13:39:36 2009
From: "Daryl G. Jurbala" <daryl@introspect.net>
To: Charles Wyble <charles@thewybles.com>
In-Reply-To: <49DE70E0.6040807@thewybles.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:37:09 -0400
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Apr 9, 2009, at 6:04 PM, Charles Wyble wrote:
>
> 3) From what I understand it's not trivial to raise a manhole cover.
> Most likely can't be done by one person. Can they be locked? Or were
> the carriers simply relying on obscurity/barrier to entry?
Your understanding is incorrect. I'm an average sized guy and I can
pull a manhole cover with one hand on the right tool. It might take 2
hands if it hasn't been opened recently and has lots of pebbles and
dirt jammed in around it. It's like everything else: if you know how
to do it, and you have the right tool, it's simple.
And, yes, you can get lockable manhole covers. They aren't cheap.
McGuard make a popular one.
(Yes, yes...why would I possibly know any of this.....I'm a fire
marshal in a small town as a part time gig, so I have to deal with
this kind of thing on a reasonably regular basis)
Daryl
