[77154] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: $50,000 reward for Verizon cable cutter
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Allen Stratton)
Fri Jan 14 22:58:29 2005
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 22:58:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Nathan Allen Stratton <nathan@robotics.net>
To: "Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan@verisign.com>
Cc: "'somitho@gmail.com'" <somitho@gmail.com>,
"'wsimpson@greendragon.com'" <wsimpson@greendragon.com>,
"'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <A206819EF47CBE4F84B5CB4A303CEB7A14A682@dul1wnexmb01.vcorp.ad.vrsn.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Hannigan, Martin wrote:
> I know how to cut those cables from experience. A customer isn't showing up
> with a battery powered Makita to do it. And they don't know where to cut to
> do max damage. If they were cutting SLC splice boxes, sure. Not this. IMHO.
> These cuts indicate knowledge. I may be wrong. @shrug@
You have not talked to enough ISPs who have been killed by the ILECs. They
know what to do... I am not defending them in any way, it is wrong, but
they have a lot of customers who have clue to get back at them if they are
ticked off.
-Nathan
