Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest

Chad Skidmore cskidmore at go180.net
Wed Nov 5 05:40:32 UTC 2003


FWIW, the following is the notes from Qwest's outage notification on the
3rd.

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NOTES:
SS7 DUAL A-LINK FAILURE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY SS7,NFC AND SWITCH.

(3) OC48'S FAILED/ SUSPECT FIBER CUT BTWN BLHMWA & E. STANWD RPTR/

UPGRADED TO RED DUE TO NALS/ STILL INVEST./ RR'G SS7 LINK TO RADIO

OTDR INDICATES 42 N. OF STTLWA04/ TECH ENROUTE TO ESWDWA RPTR/ ETA
45MINS.      
TECHS ON SITE NOW / SUSPECT VANDALISM / LAW ENFORCEMENT ON SITE

TECHS ARE INSIDE HUT/ CABLE IS CUT AT HUT/ CONFIRMED VANALISM INSIDE HUT

TAKING PICTURES INSIDE HUT/ TEN FIBERS CUT/ LOADING EQPT. FROM TRUCK/ NO
ETR    
FIBERS PRIORITIZED / 6 OF 10 FIBERS CUT / SPLICING WILL START IN 15MINS.

FIRST FIBERS ARE SPLICED/ A-LINKS RESTORED/ BLOCKING IS ST

FIRST FIBERS ARE SPLICED/ A-LINKS RESTORED/ BLOCKING IS STARTING TO
CLEAR       
BLOCKAGE STOPPED AT 12:45 PDT / SPLICING CONTINUES

CLEARING ALARMS & FINAL CLEAN UP ONGOING/

6 FIBERS SPLICE ALL ALARMS HAVE CLEARED 911 BACK ON NORMAL PATH AND
TESTED.     
6 FIBERS SPLICE ALL ALARMS HAVE CLEARED 911 BACK ON NORMAL PATH AND
TESTED.     
6 FIBERS SPLICE ALL ALARMS HAVE CLEARED 911 BACK ON NORMAL PATH AND
TESTED.

RESTORE DATE & TIME                     2003-09-03 12:28:44 PDT 
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Regards,
Chad


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Chad Skidmore
One Eighty Networks
http://www.go180.net
509-688-8180 



-----Original Message-----
From: Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. [mailto:larrysheldon at cox.net] 
Posted At: Monday, November 03, 2003 8:08 PM
Posted To: NANOG
Conversation: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest
Subject: Re: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest



JC Dill wrote:
> 
> At 07:32 PM 11/3/2003, John Fraizer wrote:
> >On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Owen DeLong wrote:
> >
> > > Maybe I'm missing something, but, if you have the bolt cutters, I 
> > > don't see why you need the key to an adjacent lock or any of the
locks.
> >
> >Um, cutting a lock out gets it out of the mix but, you still have to 
> >have the key to one of the other locks to complete the chain again.  
> >Think about it.
> 
> A cut lock can be replaced with a similar replacement lock and usually

> no one will be the wiser.  Look at the locks here:
> 
> <http://www.qsl.net/kf4lhp/telweb/microwave/kiv70/padlocks.jpg>
> 
> The lock marked ATC is between 2 other locks (that's a hasp to its 
> left, with rusty chain further to the left).  It could be cut and 
> replaced with a similar lock linking the other two locks, without 
> opening either of the other two locks.  On gates with many locks (I've

> seen chains of 6 or more), there is rarely any interest given to the 
> locks that are not one's own responsibility.

I wonder if that Bell System (F7?) is ever unlocked anymore.



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