Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-13 Thread Dan Armstrong
Bowden" wrote: You forgot the clip board. Without the clip board, no one will believe it. J -Original Message- From: Andy Ringsmuth [mailto:andyr...@inebraska.com] Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 1:52 PM To: Daryl G. Jurbala Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Outside plant protection, fibe

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-13 Thread joel . mercado
I agree 100 percent The clipboard makes it official... --Original Message-- From: Jamie Bowden To: Andy Ringsmuth Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes! Sent: Apr 13, 2009 9:07 AM You forgot the clip board. Without the clip

RE: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-13 Thread Jamie Bowden
You forgot the clip board. Without the clip board, no one will believe it. J -Original Message- From: Andy Ringsmuth [mailto:andyr...@inebraska.com] Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 1:52 PM To: Daryl G. Jurbala Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-10 Thread Robert Glover
*SNIP* located ten feet down a manhole on Monterey Highway, north of Blossom Hill Road in San Jose. Authorities also found two other locations where fiber optic cables were similarly cut -- near Hayes Avenue and Cottle Road in San Jose *SNIP* Just for clarification, these locations are one in the

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-10 Thread Joe Greco
> On Apr 10, 2009, at 12:05 PM, Carlos Alcantar wrote: > > > Your right about having the right tools whats a manhole hook cost $50 > > Less than half that. http://www.toolup.com/condux/08023000.html And maybe even less than half *that*. You don't actually need the tool in many cases. A good b

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-10 Thread Jay Hennigan
On Apr 10, 2009, at 12:05 PM, Carlos Alcantar wrote: Your right about having the right tools whats a manhole hook cost $50 Less than half that. http://www.toolup.com/condux/08023000.html -- Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Engineering - j...@impulse.net Impulse Internet Service - http:/

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-10 Thread Shane Ronan
On a side note, when I was passing the area this morning at around 10am PDT, there were two fiber-trailers working in two separate manholes. This is probably the result of having to splice in a new section of fiber, since it would probably have been difficult to splice the ends of the

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-10 Thread Robert Glover
- Original Message - From: "Ravi Pina" To: "Charles Wyble" Cc: Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 5:41 PM Subject: Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes! 2) Why didn't an alarm go off that someone had entered the area? It was after b

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-10 Thread Owen DeLong
about having the right tools whats a manhole hook cost $50 -carlos -Original Message- From: Daryl G. Jurbala [mailto:da...@introspect.net] Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 10:37 AM To: Charles Wyble Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-10 Thread David Storandt
Cones, hard hat, vest, and a hook (maybe a party light and a borrowed ladder on your truck for good measure) costs under $400. The real cost of the fiber is not the cable, it's securing the path using underground or aerial construction. In our shop's mostly-rural service area, that's over 80% of t

RE: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-10 Thread Carlos Alcantar
Your right about having the right tools whats a manhole hook cost $50 -carlos -Original Message- From: Daryl G. Jurbala [mailto:da...@introspect.net] Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 10:37 AM To: Charles Wyble Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-10 Thread Randy Fischer
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 2:02 AM, wrote: > Not to turn this into an ethical typ discussion but this Maybe it's an ethical issue, with an ethical solution. Random news article from google: > Workers are seeking to preserve the health care benefit packages, said > Libby Sayre, area director

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-10 Thread Matthew Kaufman
Charles Wyble wrote: So allow me to think out loud for a minute 1) Why wasn't the fiber protected by some sort of hardened/locked conduit? Is this possible? Does it add extensive cost or hamper normal operation? Cost, both in implementing (what are likely to be easily-circumvented) phys

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-10 Thread Andy Ringsmuth
On Apr 10, 2009, at 12:37 PM, Daryl G. Jurbala wrote: 3) From what I understand it's not trivial to raise a manhole cover. Most likely can't be done by one person. Can they be locked? Or were the carriers simply relying on obscurity/barrier to entry? Your understanding is incorrect. I'

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-10 Thread Daryl G. Jurbala
On Apr 9, 2009, at 6:04 PM, Charles Wyble wrote: 3) From what I understand it's not trivial to raise a manhole cover. Most likely can't be done by one person. Can they be locked? Or were the carriers simply relying on obscurity/barrier to entry? Your understanding is incorrect. I'm an

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-10 Thread Martin Hannigan
Its all risk and cost. You possibly couldn't have spent enough to stop this event. The outside plant wasn't at fault, highly motivated and informed individuals were. Pretty much a non issue, IMHO. Best, Martin On 4/9/09, Charles Wyble wrote: > Seriously though I want to start some discussion

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-10 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:51:16 EDT, Ravi Pina said: > Also not to get sensationalist, but less expensive than a life that > could be lost if an emergency call can't be put through? The alarm that goes off saying the lid got opened is only 2 minutes before the big red alarm that says you just lost 5

Vandalism Likely In Big South Bay Phone Outage [Was: Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!]

2009-04-10 Thread Paul Ferguson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 More on this: [snip] SAN JOSE (CBS 5 / KCBS / AP / BCN) -- Vandals severed multiple fiber optic cables on Thursday, leaving thousands of people in Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties without cell phone, Internet and landline service, poli

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-09 Thread Joel Jaeggli
11$ per unit to 'secure' access points with a lot less certain > negative lawsuit outcomes. Sent from my BlackBerry device on the > Rogers Wireless Network > > -Original Message- From: Ravi Pina > > Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:51:16 To: JC Dill > Cc: nanog@

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-09 Thread JC Dill
Ravi Pina wrote: Also not to get sensationalist, but less expensive than a life that could be lost if an emergency call can't be put through? Remember the exploding Ford Pinto? http://www.calbaptist.edu/dskubik/pinto.htm

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2009-04-09 Thread Paul Ferguson
nectivity. - - ferg - -- Forwarded message -- From: Ravi Pina Date: Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:51 PM Subject: Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes! To: JC Dill Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 10:22:41PM -0700, JC Dill wrote: > Ravi

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-09 Thread deleskie
BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network -Original Message- From: Ravi Pina Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:51:16 To: JC Dill Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes! On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 10:22:41PM -0700, JC Dill wrote: >

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-09 Thread Ravi Pina
On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 10:22:41PM -0700, JC Dill wrote: > Ravi Pina wrote: > > > >That said one would *hope* vault access > >is not trivial and there are mechanisms in place to alert of > >unauthorized, unlawful entry. > > I regularly drove on these roads when these lines were being put in > up

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-09 Thread JC Dill
Ravi Pina wrote: That said one would *hope* vault access is not trivial and there are mechanisms in place to alert of unauthorized, unlawful entry. I regularly drove on these roads when these lines were being put in up-and-down the SF Peninsula. There are 4 manhole covers every 1/4 mile or

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-09 Thread Matthew Moyle-Croft
Charles Wyble wrote: So allow me to think out loud for a minute 1) Why wasn't the fiber protected by some sort of hardened/locked conduit? Is this possible? Does it add extensive cost or hamper normal operation? Some people do lock their vaults/pits/manholes. But, to be honest, I'm not

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-09 Thread Aaron Glenn
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Rod Beck wrote: > Hold on. Who says this sabotage? the hacksaw that was taken to two manholes within two hours of each other? I'd love to see the RFO explaining an accident like that.

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-09 Thread Mike Lewinski
Rod Beck wrote: Hold on. Who says this sabotage? By the time the second plane hit WTC, intent was apparent. I think in this case intent is also apparent based on proximity (and the previously mentioned reward AT&T has posted for the capture of "vandals"). Mike

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-09 Thread jamie rishaw
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Charles Wyble wrote: > I tried to be very careful to say that it appears to have been sabatoage, > but that it's not confirmed. T is offering a 6-figure bounty already for anyone with info.. I'd say it's pretty safe to assume.. -jamie

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-09 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Apr 9, 2009, at 6:04 PM, Charles Wyble wrote: Seriously though I want to start some discussion around outside plant protection. This isn't the middle of the ocean or desert after all. There were multiple fiber cuts in a major metropolitan area, resulting in the loss of critical infrast

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-09 Thread Ravi Pina
On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 03:04:16PM -0700, Charles Wyble wrote: > Seriously though I want to start some discussion around outside plant > protection. This isn't the middle of the ocean or desert after all. > > There were multiple fiber cuts in a major metropolitan area, resulting > in the loss of

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-09 Thread Charles Wyble
les.com] Sent: Thu 4/9/2009 11:04 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes! Seriously though I want to start some discussion around outside plant protection. This isn't the middle of the ocean or desert after all. There were multiple f

RE: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-09 Thread Rod Beck
European Sales Hibernia Atlantic -Original Message- From: Charles Wyble [mailto:char...@thewybles.com] Sent: Thu 4/9/2009 11:04 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes! Seriously though I want to start some discussion around outside plant

Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-09 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 18:04, Charles Wyble wrote: > Seriously though I want to start some discussion around outside plant > protection. This isn't the middle of the ocean or desert after all. I'll pipe in with this: No amount of money can deter a determined entity. If there is a will, there is

Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

2009-04-09 Thread Charles Wyble
Seriously though I want to start some discussion around outside plant protection. This isn't the middle of the ocean or desert after all. There were multiple fiber cuts in a major metropolitan area, resulting in the loss of critical infrastructure necessary to many peoples daily lives (though