Spring time fiber cuts (was Re: fiber cut 19 May/PM -> 20 May /AM) (fwd)

Sun May 23 20:54:33 UTC 2004

..and you can deploy SONET without a protect. 

-M

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu]On Behalf Of
Stephen J. Wilcox
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 4:48 PM
To: nanog at merit.edu
Subject: Spring time fiber cuts (was Re: fiber cut 19 May/PM -> 20
May/AM) (fwd)

On Thu, 20 May 2004, Dan Armstrong wrote:
> Forgive me, but
>
> Isn't Sonet usually deployed in a ring?  Why the heck would a fiber this
> important not be?

Fibre != Sonet (L1 vs L2)

Fibre is deployed in strands

Steve