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> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 17:31:32 -0400 (EDT) > From: [email protected] (jamie) > To: Stephen Balbach <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DC fiber cut: field report > On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Stephen Balbach wrote: > > ->As we left it struck me that this cut was not if, but when. And more cuts > ->like it. There was no protection for the cable, no markers of the cable > ->location. > They're giving such more service that they are affraid of vandilism of the lines if they show people where they are? > The no markers part baffles me. Engineers of yore are surely turning in > their graves. > I wonder how many of the cuts (including the 2? 3? today [Fri]) are > due to lack of markings? And why no markings? My speculation is that > the suits have short-term-profit tunnel vision, and decided to bag them > in the name of the bottom line, but if anyone has other ideas, I'd be > interested in hearing them. > Stephen, the first sentence in your quoted portion is prescient in light > of today's events. > jamie [email protected] > *************************************************************************** > For PGP public key, mail me with Subject:GET KEY > For random Ambrose Bierce quote, Mail me with Subject: ambrose > "Microsoft was invented by domestic terrorists. Remember, it's > no longer an import industry." > -wish I knew who said it > > >
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