[39739] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Update: CSX train derailment
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Walton)
Sat Jul 21 17:27:16 2001
From: "Tom Walton" <tom@twalton.com>
To: "Brian Wallingford" <brian@meganet.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 09:39:05 -0400
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Routes and rights-of-way and conduits have successfully resisted
virtualization. Highway and rail routes still carry almost all long-haul
fiber. The bridges are still the only way across the rivers. Poles, heaven
forfend, still work where holes are too expensive.
What did I miss in '93?
--Tom
>"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.
