[25364] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: MCI WorldCom fiber cut - Syracuse, NY
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam D . McKenna)
Wed Oct 6 13:32:20 1999
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 13:23:51 -0400
From: "Adam D . McKenna" <adam@flounder.net>
To: Charles Sprickman <spork@inch.com>
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, Oct 05, 1999 at 10:55:34PM -0400, Charles Sprickman wrote:
> I say put the cable in the titanium tube another poster spoke of earlier,
> and pressurize the tube with something highly flammable/combustible while
> you're at it. Maybe natural gas to power backup generators at each of the
> fiber landing points.
You're right, I think putting people's lives in danger so that my downloads
don't get interrupted is definitely the way to go.
--Adam
