[114982] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fiber cut - response in seconds?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Tue Jun 2 09:26:29 2009
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
To: Martin Hannigan <martin@theicelandguy.com>
In-Reply-To: <d99aaed40906020619u54cd1b5fo43d2a88ad602c2c5@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 09:26:14 -0400
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jun 2, 2009, at 9:19 AM, Martin Hannigan wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Charles Wyble
> <charles@thewybles.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/30/AR2009053002114_pf.html
>>
>> Not sure if I fully believe the article. Responding to a fiber cut in
>> seconds?
>>
>> I suppose it's possible if $TLA had people monitoring the
>> construction from
>> across the street, and they were in communication with the NOC.
>>
>>
> Dig Safe, Miss Utility, etc. notify potential dig impacted entities
> when
> activity is occurring around their assets and coordinate the marking
> of the
> utilities and start of construction in proximity to the targeted dig
> zone.
> This is why calling the state utility locator services is the law
> (everywhere that I'm aware of). The government isn't exempt from these
> notifications FWIW. The programs may have a slight tweak in the
> national
> capitol area.
>
> http://www.ncs.gov/
What you're likely interested in is TSP:
http://tsp.ncs.gov/
This is something that is placed on your service when it's ordered and
alters the design and engineering of the services.
- Jared
