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Re: DC fiber cut: field report

  • From: Stephen Balbach
  • Date: Fri Jul 18 18:48:59 1997 
On Fri, 18 Jul 1997, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 18, 1997 at 11:59:11AM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote:
> > Gee, makes a good case for putting innerduct inside conduit and putting
> > gas through it just to discourage BIFF. :-)
> 
> Am I the only one who's a cables and switches weenie enough to know
> that the telco's _already do this_?  Large numbers of local multi-pair

The 144 fiber strand WorldCom cable between DC and NYC doesnt do this. It 
carries Sprint, Cable and Wireless and a few other telco's as well.

--stb