Re: Fire in bakery fries fiber optic cable

2006-03-27 Thread Bill Stewart
I used to have a customer who were in the forestry business. They had a hundred miles or so of railroad down South that went from one of their sawmills to places that had lots of trees, and ran some telecom cables along them. Where they had bridges, the cables would hang underneath the

RE: Fire in bakery fries fiber optic cable

2006-03-27 Thread Lasher, Donn
I used to have a customer who were in the forestry business. They had a hundred miles or so of railroad down South that went from one of their sawmills to places that had lots of trees, and ran some telecom cables along them. Where they had bridges, the cables would hang underneath the

RE: Fire in bakery fries fiber optic cable

2006-03-27 Thread Robert Boyle
At 11:37 AM 3/27/2006, you wrote: Speaking of Backhoes, there was a picture I had saved at one point, can't find it now, maybe someone else has it.. It shows a backhoe, half-fallen down into a hole, on fire, huge tower of flames coming up out of the hole. Sitting right next to the hole (this

Re: Fire in bakery fries fiber optic cable

2006-03-26 Thread neal rauhauser
The fiber cable hit by bullet was in New Jersey if I'm recalling correctly ... this was maybe four or five years ago. If memory serves (and forty *is* uncomfortably close) this was part of a cable modem plant. Mark Smith wrote: On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:16:34 -0500 Aaron Gagnier [EMAIL

Re: Fire in bakery fries fiber optic cable

2006-03-26 Thread Mark Smith
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 06:05:49 -0600 neal rauhauser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The fiber cable hit by bullet was in New Jersey if I'm recalling correctly ... this was maybe four or five years ago. If memory serves (and forty *is* uncomfortably close) this was part of a cable modem plant.

Re: Fire in bakery fries fiber optic cable

2006-03-26 Thread Sean Donelan
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, Mark Smith wrote: A few years back there was a photo floating around of a fibre that had been destroyed by a stray bullet. Does anybody know of it, or have a copy ? This is more common in some areas of the country than other areas. Shooters will take potshots at microwave

Re: Fire in bakery fries fiber optic cable

2006-03-25 Thread Mark Smith
n Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:32:13 -0500 (EST) Sean Donelan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=463928category=BUSINESSnewsdate=3/23/2006 A fire Tuesday that tore through a popular bakery in Cohoes left 70,000 Time Warner Cable subscribers without TV

Re: Fire in bakery fries fiber optic cable

2006-03-25 Thread Mark Smith
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 18:16:34 -0500 Aaron Gagnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This one? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,2471255~root=cable,opt~mode=flat Could be. Keith Woodworth sent me this version of it off list : http://please.rutgers.edu/show/broadband/fibercable.jpg I seem to

Re: Fire in bakery fries fiber optic cable

2006-03-25 Thread Stephen J. Wilcox
On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Sean Donelan wrote: http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=463928category=BUSINESSnewsdate=3/23/2006 A fire Tuesday that tore through a popular bakery in Cohoes left 70,000 Time Warner Cable subscribers without TV service. Some who also rely on the

Re: Fire in bakery fries fiber optic cable

2006-03-25 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Mark Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: A few years back there was a photo floating around of a fibre that had been destroyed by a stray bullet. Does anybody know of it, or have a copy ? When we used to do some cable modem access with one of the local cable companies, it went

Fire in bakery fries fiber optic cable

2006-03-23 Thread Sean Donelan
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=463928category=BUSINESSnewsdate=3/23/2006 A fire Tuesday that tore through a popular bakery in Cohoes left 70,000 Time Warner Cable subscribers without TV service. Some who also rely on the cable company for their high-speed Internet or