Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!
Daryl G. Jurbala
daryl at introspect.net
Fri Apr 10 17:37:09 UTC 2009
On Apr 9, 2009, at 6:04 PM, Charles Wyble wrote:
>
> 3) From what I understand it's not trivial to raise a manhole cover.
> Most likely can't be done by one person. Can they be locked? Or were
> the carriers simply relying on obscurity/barrier to entry?
Your understanding is incorrect. I'm an average sized guy and I can
pull a manhole cover with one hand on the right tool. It might take 2
hands if it hasn't been opened recently and has lots of pebbles and
dirt jammed in around it. It's like everything else: if you know how
to do it, and you have the right tool, it's simple.
And, yes, you can get lockable manhole covers. They aren't cheap.
McGuard make a popular one.
(Yes, yes...why would I possibly know any of this.....I'm a fire
marshal in a small town as a part time gig, so I have to deal with
this kind of thing on a reasonably regular basis)
Daryl
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