[70681] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Spring time fiber cuts (was Re: fiber cut 19 May/PM -> 20 May/AM)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (fkittred@gwi.net)
Fri May 21 09:47:40 2004
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: Dan Armstrong <dan@beanfield.com>, nanog@merit.edu
From: fkittred@gwi.net
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 21 May 2004 00:33:10 EDT."
<Pine.GSO.4.58.0405210008210.9854@clifden.donelan.com>
Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 09:50:33 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Fri, 21 May 2004 00:33:10 -0400 (EDT) Sean Donelan wrote:
> On Thu, 20 May 2004, Dan Armstrong wrote:
> > Forgive me, but
> >
> > Isn't Sonet usually deployed in a ring? Why the heck would a fiber this
> > important not be?
>
> You are making assumptions.
I will echo this. In sworn testimony in Maine PUC Docket 2002-243 (Dark
Fiber Docket), Verizon's expert witness stated that 90% of Verizon's
Sonet rings in Maine were at least partially collapsed. I have a vague
recollection that he also stated that the engineering standards in Maine
did not differ from other states... so your mileage may not vary.
regards,
fletcher
