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Re: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest

  • From: JC Dill
  • Date: Mon Nov 03 01:29:01 2003 
At 08:53 PM 11/2/2003, you wrote:

I'm fairly certain that the telco huts or CO's have to accomodate multiple
groups having access, so I'd bet that a padlock probably is a tough sell
There are special latches that accommodate multiple padlocks, where unlocking any one padlock opens the latch. They are routinely used on private gates in remote areas where each property owner (and the local fire department) have individual locks on the gate and opening any one lock allows access.

One such device is shown on here:

<http://www.tayhope.com/mlus.htm>

jc