[99212] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: shameful-cabling gallery of infamy - does anybody know where
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alexander Harrowell)
Mon Sep 10 06:07:09 2007
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:06:12 +0100
From: "Alexander Harrowell" <a.harrowell@gmail.com>
To: frank@dticonsulting.com
Cc: nanog@nanog.org, "Jay Hennigan" <jay@west.net>
In-Reply-To: <2633.1189404639@dticonsulting.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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On Mon Sep 10 1:14 , Jay Hennigan sent:
>
> >
> >Vinny Abello wrote:
> >
> >> One of the stranger things a field tech of ours encountered wasn't
> necessarily
> bad wiring (although it's not great), but the fact that the demarc was
> located
> next to the toilet in the bathroom. Naturally, the constant humidity
> caused bad
> corrosion problems and other issues with their telco services. :) So as a
> general
> rule of thumb, avoid putting your telco and/or network gear next to the
> crapper
> or the services the equipment is meant to provide might also stink.
> >>
> >> http://users.tellurian.com/vabello/bathroom-demarc.jpg
> >
> >On the plus side, they didn't have to go far for a ground.
"Our Internet service is in the toilet again!"
"Yes, that's where we installed it.."
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<span class="gmail_quote"></span>On Mon Sep 10 1:14 , Jay Hennigan sent:<br><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>><br>
>Vinny Abello wrote:<br>><br>>> One of the stranger things a field tech of ours encountered wasn't necessarily<br>bad wiring (although it's not great), but the fact that the demarc was located<br>next to the toilet in the bathroom. Naturally, the constant humidity caused bad
<br>corrosion problems and other issues with their telco services. :) So as a general<br>rule of thumb, avoid putting your telco and/or network gear next to the crapper<br>or the services the equipment is meant to provide might also stink.
<br>>><br>>> <a href="http://users.tellurian.com/vabello/bathroom-demarc.jpg">http://users.tellurian.com/vabello/bathroom-demarc.jpg</a><br>><br>>On the plus side, they didn't have to go far for a ground.
</blockquote><div><br>"Our Internet service is in the toilet again!"<br><br>"Yes, that's where we installed it.." <br></div><br></div><br>
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