[23717] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Spring 1999 NOC contact drill
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rich Sena)
Thu Apr 15 15:52:54 1999
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 15:51:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rich Sena <ras@poppa.thick.net>
To: Matthew_S_Cramer@armstrong.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <85256753.0072C11E.00@mailex01.Armstrong.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Or better yet the genius doesn't know how to calibrate read or use in any
way shape or form a transit. (and is only becoming semi confident
that s/he will not get marking orange/yellow all over their hands...
On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 Matthew_S_Cramer@armstrong.com wrote:
> Believe it or not fibre cuts are not always the fault of the people operating
> the machines or the operator's bosses. They'll call (as the sign indicates), a
> telco tech will come out and point to the place on the ground where it is "safe"
> to dig (after consulting his/her trusty docs), and then 20 minutes later
> **CRUNCH**. "Oops - I guess my docs are off my 10-20 meters". It happens. I'd
> bet a significant number of cuts are because of this.
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