[25348] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MCI WorldCom fiber cut - Syracuse, NY
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Stratton)
Tue Oct 5 21:35:41 1999
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 21:33:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@robotics.net>
To: "Derek J. Balling" <dredd@megacity.org>
Cc: Mike Heller <mikeh@earthweb.com>,
Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net>,
Scott Drassinower <scottd@cloud9.net>, nanog@merit.edu
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On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Derek J. Balling wrote:
> I think this is just a factor of human beings. People are more cautious
> about hitting gas or electric (hitting a gas or underground electric line
> will ruin your day for the rest of your rapidly-shortening life). If you
> hit a telephone line with your backhoe... oh, what, you mean there's people
> affected by that all over the country?
Yep, that is why you don't see cut's along the old wiltel (now Worldcom)
network. If you see a sign saying "High pressure natural gas" you do not
dig, if you see a sign saying "Fiber cable" you dig carefully.
I must admit, I have done some backhoe work and I dig carefully next to
fiber, but don't get near utilities. :-(
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Nathan Stratton Tricetel Consulting
http://www.tricetel.net nathan@tricetel.net
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