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[ Apologies in advance, this doesn't contribute to official Nanog business, please direct flame directly to me. ] > > After a hot tip on the location of the fiber cut, and with Map Quest in > hand, we went to search out the location of todays 500+ DS3 DC fiber cut. > > We were looking for a bunch of white vans and pick-ups with guys in hard > hats and orange vests along the train tracks in Northern Laurel, MD - our > search was fruitfull and within 10 minutes of locating the tracks we > had found the scene of the cut. It is located off the Baltimore > Washington Parkway at the Route 32 exit about 1/2 mile from the NSA > (hmm) along CWX railroad tracks. > Does anyone know (in general terms) how the actual spot/vicinity of a fiber cut like this is located? Or its generally the construction crew calling the boss and saying, shit, look what we found? Would appriciate any info. Thanks. /Subodh Nijsure ([email protected])
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