[25518] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fiber cuts, telcos and excavators
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (wb8foz@nrk.com)
Sat Oct 16 22:06:55 1999
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To: murray@pa.dec.com (Hal Murray)
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 21:44:04 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu (nanog list)
In-Reply-To: <199910070519.WAA31240@quatre.pa.dec.com> from "Hal Murray" at Oct 06, 1999 10:19:20 PM
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Hal Murray sez:
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> Why is the contractor waiting around?
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> I thought the standard practice was to mark the limits of the area
> you want to dig in with "USA" (Underground Service Alert) and then
> call the USA 800 number a few days before you want to dig there.
> That gives the USA people time to contact all the utilities so they
> can come out and mark the area.
[catching up]
Often the existing service will demand their guy be on-site to
observe the digging. This is usually being done by hand, and
maybe even trowels, not shovels.
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