Backhoe season?

Carl Lindahl clindahl at mailbox.mcnc.org
Fri Mar 27 12:51:16 UTC 2020


I think there are pockets of construction all over -- I have quite a few
outages recently with warmer and dry weather all due to various mechanical
implements.

On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 5:29 PM Kaiser, Erich <erich at gotfusion.net> wrote:

> The outages in Texas are not uncommon at all. Its probably the worst vs
> other areas of the country.  One other problem area is between Ashburn and
> Atlanta.  We have been seeing more underlying LH carrier equipment
> failures  vs fiber cuts in the last year.
>
>
> Erich Kaiser
> The Fusion Network
> erich at gotfusion.net
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 3:22 PM Aaron Gould <aaron1 at gvtc.com> wrote:
>
>> Yeah Darron, we lost some san Antonio connectivity to Houston via dallas
>> or somewhere.... twice in the past few days, affecting different things for
>> us
>>
>> -Aaron
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Darron Legnon [mailto:darron at commZoom.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 1:11 PM
>> To: Aaron Gould; 'William Herrin'; nanog at nanog.org
>> Subject: RE: Backhoe season?
>>
>> I've had contractors for Zayo hitting multiple fiber routes over the past
>> 3 months numerous times affecting us, AT&T, CenturyLink, Windstream,
>> Fiberlight, etc in south Texas. Actually had one cut yesterday around 3pm
>> and lasted till 1am.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NANOG <nanog-bounces at nanog.org> On Behalf Of Aaron Gould
>> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 1:03 PM
>> To: 'William Herrin' <bill at herrin.us>; nanog at nanog.org
>> Subject: RE: Backhoe season?
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>> I heard, and am seeing that construction type jobs don't seem to be
>> affected much with the virus shutdown.  I mean I see guys building homes
>> and working on roads all around me...  furthermore, we've heard of a couple
>> fiber cuts that have brought portions of our network down a couple times in
>> the last week or so.
>>
>> -Aaron
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces at nanog.org] On Behalf Of William Herrin
>> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 12:57 PM
>> To: nanog at nanog.org
>> Subject: Backhoe season?
>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> With so much work shut down, I'm curious how backhoe season is shaping up
>> this year? How do the circuit and fiber outage numbers look?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bill Herrin
>>
>>
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Carl Lindahl
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