[31442] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: The Backhoe Summit
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Sun Sep 24 00:04:16 2000
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
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To: nanog@merit.edu (nanog list)
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 00:03:44 -0400 (EDT)
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> > Do the large carriers now participate in 'one-call' operations like power
> > and gas companies do? At least in Virginia a couple of years ago, they
> > didn't. It might be a good idea for them to do so.
>
> "For competitive reasons we can't tell you the location of our fiber."
>
> - An anonymous representative of a very large telco
>
For competitive reasons we can't tell you the location of our
backhoe...
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