Fiber cut in SF area

Mon Apr 13 16:32:16 UTC 2009

I guess the next generation fiber networks will need to be installed with
tunnel boring machines and just not surface anywhere except the endpoints
:)  After all, undersea cables get along just fine without convenient access
along their length...

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike at swm.pp.se>wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Apr 2009, Dylan Ebner wrote:
>
>  Manhole locks are just going to stop vandalism, and I think the threat
>> to obstruction calculation just doesn't add up for that small level of
>> isolated cases.
>>
>
> It doesn't stop it, it just makes it slightly harder, and they'll go after
> another point.
>
> <http://swm.pp.se/bayarea.jpg>
>
> This is the bay area as well... How long do you need to spend with a torch
> to cut thru that? A couple of minutes?
>
> There is absolutely no way you can stop a determined attacker, and it would
> increase cost a lot more than it's worth. Time is better spent stopping the
> few people who actually do these kinds of things, same way as it's not worth
> it for regular people to wear body armour all the time, just in case they
> might get shot, or have parachutes and emergency exits that work in
> mid-flight on commercial airliners. The various police agencies and the NTSB
> cost less in a cost/benefit analysis.
>
>
> --
> Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se
>
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