Vienna, VA (DC, MAE-EAST) Fiber Cut Pictures

Fri May 7 16:26:05 UTC 1999

Grisha Trubetskoy writes:
> Could someone knowledgeabe explain what the equipment in
> http://grisha.iserver.net/fibercut/99050607.jpg is?
> 
> Is this some kind of a bore, and could it have caused the cut? Because
> if yes, then it is very probable that it will happen again soon - I
> think I saw about 5 of these machines all around here.

That is what I refer to as a "Black-n-Decker Network Wrecker". :-)
It is indeed a directional boring machine, and yes, there are lots
and lots of them popping up all over the area.  

--Jeff