[155647] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Verizon's New Repair Method: Plastic Garbage Bags
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (R. Benjamin Kessler)
Mon Aug 20 16:16:01 2012
From: "R. Benjamin Kessler" <Ben.Kessler@zenetra.com>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:15:28 +0000
In-Reply-To: <50329002.6030800@meetinghouse.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Quality Union work!
-----Original Message-----
From: Miles Fidelman [mailto:mfidelman@meetinghouse.net]=20
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 3:29 PM
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: Verizon's New Repair Method: Plastic Garbage Bags
Justin M. Streiner wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2012, Eric Wieling wrote:
>
>> For a while we have had a customer with some lines which go down=20
>> every time it rains. We put in the trouble ticket, a couple of days=20
>> 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=20
>> office. The repair appears to be wrapping some plastic bags around=20
>> something up on the pole. Here is link to the pictures the customer=20
>> sent us, in case anyone in the mood for a good scare.
>>
>> http://rock.nyigc.net/verizon/
>
> If I didn't see the loops of electrical tape holding the whole works=20
> together I'd say that was a squirrel nest.
>
> The two aerial runs that appear to be using each other to turn a=20
> corner (right above the plastic-and-electrical-tape mess in the top
> picture) is an especially nice and creative touch. I sincerely hope=20
> the smaller of the two aerials is not a lashing wire.
>
> jm"well *there's* your problem"s
Hey looks totally professional to me. After all, black tape is the network=
engineer's equivalent of duck tape, and, as we all know, duck tape holds t=
he universe together!
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
