[155633] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Verizon's New Repair Method: Plastic Garbage Bags
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (glen wiley)
Mon Aug 20 15:16:23 2012
In-Reply-To: <616B4ECE1290D441AD56124FEBB03D0863F84A3A@mailserver2007.nyigc.globe>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:15:51 -0400
From: glen wiley <glen.wiley@gmail.com>
To: Eric Wieling <EWieling@nyigc.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Our neighborhood lost phone service when the pedestal at the end of the
road was annihilated by a flail mower....a WEEK AGO. The repair - orange
plastic bag over the entrails of the pedestal.
Yay Verizon - I finally understand why I send them so much money - stylish
orange bags!
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Eric Wieling <EWieling@nyigc.com> wrote:
> For a while we have had a customer with some lines which go down every
> time it rains. We put in the trouble ticket, a couple of days later
> Verizon says the issue is resolved...until the next time it rains.
>
> The customer sent us some pictures today of the pole outside their office.
> The repair appears to be wrapping some plastic bags around something up
> on the pole. Here is link to the pictures the customer sent us, in case
> anyone in the mood for a good scare.
>
> http://rock.nyigc.net/verizon/
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--
Glen Wiley
"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left
to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." - Antoine de
Saint-Exupery