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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: MCI WorldCom fiber cut - Syracuse, NY
[email protected] said: > I was under the impression that fiber trunks used to be buried (circa > 15 years ago) with a copper tracer in them. Then there was some good > reason why they were no longer done that way. Like corrosion or > something. </CYNIC> cost <CYNIC> Without wishing to blow my own country's trumpet, one of the few things right about the UK (and to a great extent Europe's) telecommunications carrier market is sensible telcos dig proper ducts, put sensible fiber in them, bury them at sensible depths, and in general only provision SDH (read SONET in the US). And *seem* to keep maps. Even US carriers in the UK who commonly have US fiber cuts do this. -- Alex Bligh GX Networks (formerly Xara Networks)
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