[195771] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Moving fibre trunks: interruptions?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Buxey)
Fri Sep 15 06:37:43 2017
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From: Alan Buxey <alan.buxey@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 11:22:47 +0100
To: Rod Beck <rod.beck@unitedcablecompany.com>
Cc: "Nanog@nanog.org" <Nanog@nanog.org>
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i'm sure theres plenty of aerial in europe. usually carried on e.g.
the top messenger cable on pylons - given i've attended talks about
the issues of fixing such fibre after storms in Scotland.... :)
On 1 September 2017 at 20:52, Rod Beck <rod.beck@unitedcablecompany.com> wrote:
> I don't think there is virtually any aerial in Europe. So given the cost difference why is virtually all fiber buried on this side of the Atlantic?
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> From: NANOG <nanog-bounces@nanog.org> on behalf of Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 1, 2017 9:37 PM
> To: Michael Loftis
> Cc: Nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Re: Moving fibre trunks: interruptions?
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>> On Sep 1, 2017, at 3:32 PM, Michael Loftis <mloftis@wgops.com> wrote:
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>> If it is in the railroad RoW they may be restricted to daylight working
>> only. Check with your provider or OSP crew.
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> Yup. Railroad work is complex just because you have to coordinate with the railroad owner and they have to be onsite for all work. The cost of going underground vs aerial is also astronomical in many cases.
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> - Jared
