Re: FCC Hurricane Michael after-action report

2019-05-15 Thread Seth Mattinen
On 5/15/19 7:10 PM, Brandon Martin wrote: I dunno how the big guys get away with it.  If I hit something, you can darn well bet someone's going to be on my neck immediately to shut the job down and pull my bond if possible. It helps when the people in the field are like 3 subcontractors

Re: FCC Hurricane Michael after-action report

2019-05-15 Thread Brandon Martin
On 5/15/19 8:51 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: The majority of people doing locates are terrible at their job. (Un)fortunately, people doing the conduit installations are often terrible at their job as well. It's about a 50/50 split if the line was located correctly and the installation crew was

RE: FCC Hurricane Michael after-action report

2019-05-15 Thread Sean Donelan
On Mon, 13 May 2019, frnk...@iname.com wrote: One of my takeaways from that article was that burying fiber underground could likely have avoided many/most of these fiber cuts, though I’m not familiar enough with the terrain to know how feasible that is. Nature is more powerful than humans. In

Re: FCC Hurricane Michael after-action report

2019-05-15 Thread Mike Hammett
8:51:13 AM Subject: Re: FCC Hurricane Michael after-action report On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 11:48:02PM -0500, frnk...@iname.com wrote: > One of my takeaways from that article was that burying fiber underground > could likely have avoided many/most of these fiber cuts, though I???m >

Re: FCC Hurricane Michael after-action report

2019-05-14 Thread Mark Andrews
Can everyone on this list that is using Gmail please complain to Google as there is a STUPID default to set font-size:small. It make the text unreadable on smaller device with already small fonts. The message I’m replying to does this. font-size:small should be verboten in email even for

Re: FCC Hurricane Michael after-action report

2019-05-14 Thread George Metz
There's more to it than this too. I was down there (I have sites I'm responsible for in Panama City Beach) in February and I was talking to a bunch of folks in the area as a result. This storm was fairly unusual for the area for a number of reasons. One, it normally doesn't hit the panhandle at

Re: FCC Hurricane Michael after-action report

2019-05-14 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 11:48:02PM -0500, frnk...@iname.com wrote: > One of my takeaways from that article was that burying fiber underground > could likely have avoided many/most of these fiber cuts, though I???m > not familiar enough with the terrain to know how feasible that is. I suspect that

Re: FCC Hurricane Michael after-action report

2019-05-13 Thread Mike Bolitho
with the terrain to know how feasible that is. > > Frank > > > > *From:* NANOG *On Behalf Of *Mel Beckman > *Sent:* Saturday, May 11, 2019 9:52 AM > *To:* Mike Bolitho > *Cc:* nanog@nanog.org > *Subject:* Re: FCC Hurricane Michael after-action report >

RE: FCC Hurricane Michael after-action report

2019-05-13 Thread frnkblk
many/most of these fiber cuts, though I’m not familiar enough with the terrain to know how feasible that is. Frank From: NANOG On Behalf Of Mel Beckman Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2019 9:52 AM To: Mike Bolitho Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: FCC Hurricane Michael after-action r

Re: FCC Hurricane Michael after-action report

2019-05-11 Thread Mel Beckman
This is what I tell outage complainers during natural disasters, such as the fires in California that recently took out a lot of power and communications: “Stop whining about how long it is taking to repair your Internet, your cell phone service, or your cable TV. You didn’t pay anything extra

Re: FCC Hurricane Michael after-action report

2019-05-11 Thread Mike Bolitho
Trying not to get political, here goes... Something important to keep in mind: The current administration has been getting slammed for their lack of response in the aftermath of Michael since the hurricane hit. A lot of that criticism revolves around communications infrastructure and FEMA's lack

FCC Hurricane Michael after-action report

2019-05-09 Thread Sean Donelan
The FCC has released its report and analysis of Hurricane Michael impact on communications: preparation, effect and recovery. https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-releases-report-communication-impacts-hurricane-michael-0 Conclusions and Recommendations 51. Backhaul outages loomed large as an