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Re: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Henry Linneweh)
Mon Nov 3 06:03:41 2003

Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 03:02:56 -0800 (PST)
From: Henry Linneweh <hrlinneweh@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Vincent J. Bono" <vbono@vinny.org>, nanog@merit.edu
Cc: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
In-Reply-To: <032901c3a1e4$69f49d40$5880ba8c@VinnyPavillion>
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Not having seen the entire cut, I would have to imagin the entire bundle was 
cut and the poor splicers had their hands full.
 
-Henry

"Vincent J. Bono" <vbono@vinny.org> wrote:

> The quesiton isn't so much how someone cut a fiber strand, but why the
> failure of a single fiber strand had such an impact on the telephone
> service in the region.

I'd be willing to bet it wasn't a single "strand". More likely the press or
whoever got it wrong and it was an entire cable or maybe just a tube.

-vb

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<DIV>Not having seen the entire cut, I would have to imagin the entire&nbsp;bundle was </DIV>
<DIV>cut and the poor splicers had their hands full.</DIV>
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<DIV>-Henry<BR><BR><B><I>"Vincent J. Bono" &lt;vbono@vinny.org&gt;</I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>&gt; The quesiton isn't so much how someone cut a fiber strand, but why the<BR>&gt; failure of a single fiber strand had such an impact on the telephone<BR>&gt; service in the region.<BR><BR>I'd be willing to bet it wasn't a single "strand". More likely the press or<BR>whoever got it wrong and it was an entire cable or maybe just a tube.<BR><BR>-vb<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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