[24058] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IXC Fiber cut Michigan
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Howard C. Berkowitz)
Sat May 15 20:48:47 1999
In-Reply-To: <19990514140654.A16765@puck.nether.net>
Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 20:48:08 -0400
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <hcb@clark.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
>On Fri, May 14, 1999 at 12:55:13PM -0500, Sean Donelan wrote:
>> > IXC Ticket number 86537
>>
>> Any sign of Qwest contractors in the area? :-)
>
> It was a contractor planting trees along the fiber route, who
>used an auger to cut the fiber.
>
> This is a temporary splice, it will need to be repaired
>during a maint window, but all IXC customers affected should get
>notices.
>
> - Jared
>
>
Is this another argument for SONET rings and against tree structuring?