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.
    >>
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