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RE: Verizon's New Repair Method: Plastic Garbage Bags
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pedersen, Sean)
Wed Aug 22 10:15:44 2012
From: "Pedersen, Sean" <Sean.Pedersen@usairways.com>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:25:38 -0700
In-Reply-To: <616B4ECE1290D441AD56124FEBB03D0863F84A3A@mailserver2007.nyigc.globe>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
What's the bubble-wrap for? Protection in case of bird collision?=20
Looks like they borrowed from Qwest's repair manual. We have a lot of pedes=
tals around the city that are covered in Hefty bags. Granted, we're in Phoe=
nix, and there isn't much here that is prepared for rain since we don't get=
a lot of it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Wieling [mailto:EWieling@nyigc.com]=20
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 12:10 PM
To: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Verizon's New Repair Method: Plastic Garbage Bags
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 s=
ays the issue is resolved...until the next time it rains.=20
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 o=
n the pole. Here is link to the pictures the customer sent us, in case any=
one in the mood for a good scare.
http://rock.nyigc.net/verizon/
