I will just keep on digging, and digging, fiber all the way... On 9/6/19, 9:44 AM, "AF on behalf of Matt Hoppes" <af-boun...@af.afmug.com on behalf of mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote:
That's what I'm guessing as well... it's going to be a VERY large bill... three different companies involved so far. On 9/6/19 10:11 AM, Carl Peterson wrote: > And I'm guessing some logging company is paying for all those people > standing around trying to figure it out. > > On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 9:06 AM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com > <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote: > > I don’t do aerial anymore, all underground. But back in the day I > built miles of aerial by my self. It is doable. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 6, 2019, at 6:30 AM, Matt Hoppes > <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net > <mailto:mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net>> wrote: > >> People ask why I don’t do fiber. The following story pretty much >> sums it up. For those doing fiber, how do you do it with a 2 or 3 >> man team? We’d be run ragged. How do you stay sain? >> >> >> >> >> >> Someone was logging up in Ogdensburg near Joe Hill and took a tree >> down which took another tree down which took another tree down >> which snapped off the side arms of the utility pole taking out the >> powerlines which burned the fiber underneath it. >> >> >> Last night about 11 o’clock I drove up there on my way home and >> found the Crown Castle guys trying to figure out where the fiber >> damage was, I talk to them for a moment and they were like yeah >> it’s like 2500 feet away from here but we can’t figure out where >> the fiber goes, I said follow me, so they got over there and >> started work. >> >> >> Zito was already over there fixing their fiber with about 10 guys >> and five trucks. >> >> >> I just spun back up there and as of this morning they (both >> companies) are still trying to figure out why the fiber is not >> working. >> >> >> Add to this the utility easement is on the side of a mountain and >> not right beside the road. These guys had entire teams and haven’t >> fixed 1,500ft of fiber in 12 hours plus had to wait nearly 7hrs to >> even access the local due to power lines down. >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > > Carl Peterson > > *PORT NETWORKS* > > 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 > > Baltimore, MD 21202 > > (410) 637-3707 > > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com