Its was a duct bank seeking directional drill actually... :)
On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 11:00 PM Christopher Conley via Outages < outages@outages.org> wrote: > The North American Fiber-Seeking Backhoe strikes again. > > We need to start an annual culling of that herd. > > > -- > Christopher Conley > Systems Administrator | Fors Marsh Group > 1010 N. Glebe Rd, Suite 510 > Arlington, VA 22201 > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ross Tajvar via Outages <outages@outages.org> > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 20, 2020 10:54 PM > *To:* OUTAGES Mailing List > *Subject:* Re: [outages] Fiber cut in NoVA > > We also have some Wave (RCN) circuits impacted by this cut. A little more > info: > > As of ~7pm Eastern: > > Damage traced to construction at Gallows Rd and Saic Ct. Damage is due to > construction boring and is 10 feet deep. Crews on site. No ETR at this time. > > Then at ~9pm Eastern (this one we got over the phone from Wave who got it > from Fiberlight): > they are "routing a spare conduit to check for damages" and continuing to > do escavation [sic], no ETR, 432-count fiber > > Nothing since. Anyone have a picture of the damage? Or live close enough > to go take one? > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 6:36 PM Ross Tajvar <r...@tajvar.io> wrote: > >> We have some Fiberlight circuits impacted as of about 9:45 AM Eastern. >> Still down. Here's what they said: >> >> FiberLight NOC detected multiple alarms between devices in the greater >> WDC area, including links down between Vienna VA and our WDC >> datacenters.*Current >> Status:* >> FiberLight technician was dispatched to Vienna VA to isolate the issue. >> Initial readings put the fiber break less than 1km from that location. >> Troubleshooting is ongoing. >> *Preliminary RFO:* >> Fiber cut near 7990 Science Applications Ct, Vienna VA >> >> _______________________________________________ > Outages mailing list > Outages@outages.org > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/outages > -- [image: photo] *Stephen Klenert, CSMP* Chief Strategy Officer, Atlantic Metro 212.792.9950 x 113 | 609.510.3665 | st...@atlanticmetro.net | www.atlanticmetro.net | 300 Blvd East Weehawken, NJ 07086 <https://www.facebook.com/atlanticmetro/> <http://linkedin.com/in/getklenert> <https://twitter.com/atlanticmetro> *COVID-19 Response -* https://www.atlanticmetro.net/covid-19-response/
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