[24002] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Vienna, VA (DC, MAE-EAST) Fiber Cut Pictures
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Aitken)
Fri May 7 12:29:14 1999
From: Jeff Aitken <jaitken@aitken.com>
In-Reply-To: <37330E51.80CE9C9C@verio.net> from Grisha Trubetskoy at "May 7, 1999 04:01:21 pm"
To: grisha@verio.net (Grisha Trubetskoy)
Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 12:26:05 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: jaitken@aitken.com, SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM, nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Grisha Trubetskoy writes:
> Could someone knowledgeabe explain what the equipment in
> http://grisha.iserver.net/fibercut/99050607.jpg is?
>
> Is this some kind of a bore, and could it have caused the cut? Because
> if yes, then it is very probable that it will happen again soon - I
> think I saw about 5 of these machines all around here.
That is what I refer to as a "Black-n-Decker Network Wrecker". :-)
It is indeed a directional boring machine, and yes, there are lots
and lots of them popping up all over the area.
--Jeff
