DC fiber cut: field report

Fri Jul 18 21:38:06 UTC 1997

On Fri, Jul 18, 1997 at 11:59:11AM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote:
> Gee, makes a good case for putting innerduct inside conduit and putting
> gas through it just to discourage BIFF. :-)

Am I the only one who's a cables and switches weenie enough to know
that the telco's _already do this_?  Large numbers of local multi-pair
trunking cables are pressurized with nitrogen, and they put pressure
drop alarms on them, so they know if one takes a hit.

Cheers,
-- jra
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