The Verge article about Verizon's Sandy Cleanup Efforts in Manhattan

Tue Nov 20 16:55:31 UTC 2012

> From: Christopher Morrow [mailto:morrowc.lists at gmail.com]
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> > http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/17/3655442/restoring-verizon-service-m
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> hey lookie! 'free uprades'!
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[WEG] Better that than "we're going to replace all of this old technology with exactly the same stuff because that's what the standards document says to do" like happened in the rebuilding efforts for Katrina. I remember someone presenting about that rebuilding effort during NANOG years ago, and I asked about opportunities for improvement and upgrades and was really depressed at the missed opportunity it represented as they confirmed that they were in fact laying new copper...

Wes George

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