DC fiber cut: field report

Fri Jul 18 17:44:46 UTC 1997

> Date:          Fri, 18 Jul 1997 17:31:32 -0400 (EDT)
> From:          jamie at comet.net (jamie)
> To:            Stephen Balbach <stephen at clark.net>
> Cc:            nanog at merit.edu
> Subject:       Re: DC fiber cut: field report

> On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Stephen Balbach wrote:
> 
> ->As we left it struck me that this cut was not if, but when. And more cuts 
> ->like it. There was no protection for the cable, no markers of the cable 
> ->location. 
> 

They're giving such more service that they are affraid of vandilism of the
lines if they show people where they are?

>  The no markers part baffles me. Engineers of yore are surely turning in
> their graves. 
>  I wonder how many of the cuts (including the 2? 3? today [Fri]) are
> due to lack of markings? And why no markings? My speculation is that
> the suits have short-term-profit tunnel vision, and decided to bag them
> in the name of the bottom line, but if anyone has other ideas, I'd be
> interested in hearing them.
>  Stephen, the first sentence in your quoted portion is prescient in light
> of today's events. 
> jamie                                                       jamie at comet.net
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