Cogent latency / congestion [NEW INFO]

Thu Aug 23 13:28:01 UTC 2007

For those of you interested in a "from the ground" report, read here :

http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2007/08/vandals_try_to_download_copper.html

Somebody used a chainsaw on a cable at Euclid & 65th (a mostly abandoned 
industrial area).

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=43.799322,73.476563&ie=UTF8&ll=41.504383,-81.645863&spn=0.00127,0.002242&t=h&z=19&om=1

The roll of replacement cable was subsequently found to be damaged by 
gunfire (it'd only take one shot to a spool to ruin the entire lot). No 
indication that this happened in conjunction with the first incident.

The local cops are calling it a case of "dumb criminal", specifically 
that someone thought there was copper in the line (yes, they rip it 
right off poles here -- and sometimes, even try to climb the fence at a 
substation -- with interesting results) :

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/13946673/detail.html

Cheers,

Michael Holstein CISSP GCIA
Cleveland State University