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RE: Pac Rim Cable Damage Defies Repair [was: AFP article on Taiwan cable repair effort]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frank Bulk)
Wed Jan 17 09:48:08 2007
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From: "Frank Bulk" <frnkblk@iname.com>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:46:12 -0600
In-Reply-To: <7A03BD12-E3C9-4469-B56F-146339CEE932@multicasttech.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
This article paints a rather dismal picture:
Despite optimistic estimates that it would take only three weeks
to repair the massive damage done to what are now said to be
eight submarine cables by the Dec. 26, 2006, magnitude-6.7
earthquake near Taiwan, reports today indicate that not one of
the cables is back in service.
http://www.telecomweb.com/tnd/21168.html
Frank
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of
Marshall Eubanks
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 3:33 PM
To: Robert E. Seastrom
Cc: Joel Jaeggli; Jim Segrave; Bill Woodcock; nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: AFP article on Taiwan cable repair effort
Furlongs per fortnight.
On Jan 16, 2007, at 3:46 PM, Robert E. Seastrom wrote:
>
>
> Joel Jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com> writes:
>
>>> Is it just me or is this article a migraine inducing mix of
>>> metric and
>>> English measures?
>>
>> you're lucky they also didn't use nautical miles and fathoms (1.829
>> meters in si units)...
>
> Leagues... mustn't forget leagues.
>
> ---rob
>
