> Backhoe's are pretty indiscriminate....they'll cut copper just as easily as > fiber.
Not really. They tend to do a lot more damage to copper, because there are usually a ton of conductors in the copper cable, and the bundle may be strong enough to be pulled out of the ground. This causes all sorts of interesting damage to copper, and the telco is generally reluctant to replace the entire section unless it's completely ripped. Fiber is usually a smaller bundle and tends to snap when met with a lot force. Backhoes definitely *find* copper just as easily as fiber, but the effects from a strike are generally quite different. ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
