[34925] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Big Brother fights back
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Thu Feb 22 09:56:03 2001
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 09:51:51 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <006101c09ca4$6a758470$4d14a8c0@jasonlewis.net> from "Jason Lewis" at Feb 22, 2001 02:52:32 AM
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Unnamed Administration sources reported that Jason Lewis said:
>
> They cut yet another cable and fiber doing the same red-light camera install
> a couple of blocks down.
>
> They were saying the contractor that made the cut may not be
> responsible....because the cables are underground. Does that make sense?
I've heard the way the law works in some states:
Contractor calls the dig coordinator center.
DCD posts announcement via what amounts to a VPN to all
folks with stuff underground. (was a tty loop years ago..)
If Contractor digs without notice, they are dead meat.
Potential victims go mark their stuff, or often a locator
contractor does it.
Contractor digs.
If victim does not mark in time, or marking is wrong,
contractor is off the hook.
So if cables were {un, incorrectly-}marked, it could not be
the diggers' fault.
Note some markings say "It's somewhere around here; hand digging
ONLY, with our representative on-site at the time.."
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