[129855] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: US hunters shoot down Google fibre
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Kirch)
Tue Sep 21 13:30:59 2010
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:30:38 -0400
From: Andrew Kirch <trelane@trelane.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.2.00.1009211701250.20086@hermes-2.csi.cam.ac.uk>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 9/21/2010 12:29 PM, Tony Finch wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Sep 2010, Reese wrote:
> Several years ago I heard of a Swiss ISP having the same problem. They
> built their network by running fibre along the earth conductor of high
> voltage transmission lines (like Energis in the UK). I was told that it
> was common for hunters to verify the setting of their sights by shooting
> at the lines.
>
> Tony.
I shoot competition rifle, and rifles just aren't that accurate. You
certainly CAN shoot out a fiber or utility line on the pole, from point
blank, but it's not actually useful in diagnosing or correcting problems
with the rifle. A good rifle will shoot 1" groups (`MOA) at 100 yards,
and most lines on the pole are smaller, fiber being much smaller. There
are rifles that exceed 1MOA, but most hunters quite frankly can't afford
them, nor are they necessary for hunting.
Andrew
