[79757] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SONET
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sgorman1@gmu.edu)
Thu Apr 14 17:27:48 2005
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:25:42 -0400
From: sgorman1@gmu.edu
To: David Barak <thegameiam@yahoo.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Quantitative analysis confirms said anecdote in many places other than the Baltimore tunnel. It varies widely by city, some are more resilient than others depending on a variety of factors ranging from geography to zoning ordinances. We just finished a comparison between NYC and Charlotte that had some interesting results - sometimes being a flat, waterless, boring place is a good thing.
----- Original Message -----
From: David Barak <thegameiam@yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, April 14, 2005 4:50 pm
Subject: SONET
>
>
> --- Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
>
> > (Anybody here *NOT* seen cases where the 2 fibers
> > leave the building on opposite
> > sides, go down different streets - and rejoin 2
> > miles down the way because
> > there's only one convenient bridge/tunnel/etc over
> > the river, or similar?)
> >
> confirming anecdote:
>
> Remember the Baltimore tunnel fire? The protect ring
> was in the conduit on one side, and the working was on
> the other...
>
> David Barak
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