> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:17:21 -0400 > From: Deepak Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > If someone sabotages a rail to stop a train and the derailment takes out > > the fiber that is buried in the right-of-way, is that unintentional > > sabotage? At least of the fiber? > > That's not sabotage at all. > > As it relates to the fiber, its not "deliberately and maliciously > destroying [fiber]"... unless the goal was to cause a derailment which > hurt the train operator both from the operation of the train and > subsequent revenues they might lose from fiber operations along the same > right-of-way -- then *that* would be sabotage. > > In the case you outlined above, barring other motivations, the fiber > would be "collateral damage". > > That said, Cogent's page says nothing about sabotage > (status.cogentco.com) and I can't find the reference on teliasonera's > page.... Link please?
Too many people missed the emoticon. Clearly the fiber damage in the case I gave was collateral damage. It would have been sabotage on the rail line and the derailed train. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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