[39720] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Update: CSX train derailment
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Wallingford)
Sat Jul 21 04:29:33 2001
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 04:28:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Wallingford <brian@meganet.net>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
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"Rivers and bridges"?
Either Frank is sensationalizing his comments for the benefit of the
press, or he's been asleep since '93.
Seems to me the so-called "choke-points" now are more social and fiscal
than physical - I doubt rivers and bridges are much of an issue.
:According to the Baltimore Sun, companies have laid 30,000 feet of
:emergency fiber to patch around the damage in the Howard Tunnel.
:
: "There was a ripple effect around the country with corporate networks
: due to this Baltimore disaster," said Frank Stanton, an executive with
: Lexent Inc., a New York-based company that repaired fiber-optic cable
: after the World Trade Center bombing in 1993. "Everybody thinks they
: have redundancy, but these type incidents show people there are huge
: issues. When you cross rivers and bridges, these choke points are the
: Achilles' heel."
:
:On the Washington DC to New York City fiber route, there seems to be
:at least one train derailment leading to significant network traffic
:re-routes every year.
