Big Brother fights back

Thu Feb 22 14:51:51 UTC 2001

Unnamed Administration sources reported that Jason Lewis said:
> 
> They cut yet another cable and fiber doing the same red-light camera install
> a couple of blocks down.
> 
> They were saying the contractor that made the cut may not be
> responsible....because the cables are underground.  Does that make sense?

I've heard the way the law works in some states:

	Contractor calls the dig coordinator center.

	DCD posts announcement via what amounts to a VPN to all
	folks with stuff underground. (was a tty loop years ago..)

	If Contractor digs without notice, they are dead meat.

	Potential victims go mark their stuff, or often a locator
	contractor does it.

	Contractor digs.

	If victim does not mark in time, or marking is wrong,
	contractor is off the hook. 

So if cables were {un, incorrectly-}marked, it could not be 
the diggers' fault.

Note some markings say "It's somewhere around here; hand digging
ONLY, with our representative on-site at the time.."

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