fiber cut 19 May/PM -> 20 May/AM in Ashburn, VA (lawnmower?!)

Dan Armstrong dan at beanfield.com
Fri May 21 03:59:50 UTC 2004


Forgive me, but

Isn't Sonet usually deployed in a ring?  Why the heck would a fiber this 
important not be? 


Sean Donelan wrote:

>On Thu, 20 May 2004, Robert E. Seastrom wrote:
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>>in the immediate area.  Outage was likely off the radar because despite
>>the big concentration of connectivity in the affected area, the natural
>>cost disadvantage of the ILEC meant that few circuits of consequence
>>were riding that fiber.
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>>
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>It also affected 9-1-1 service in Ashburn and was reported through
>the normal channels.  Unfortunately, the FCC no longer makes the outage
>reports available on its web site.
>
>Stuff happens, stuff has always happened, stuff will continue to happen.
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