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FWIW, the following is the notes from Qwest's outage notification on the 3rd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- NOTES: SS7 DUAL A-LINK FAILURE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY SS7,NFC AND SWITCH. (3) OC48'S FAILED/ SUSPECT FIBER CUT BTWN BLHMWA & E. STANWD RPTR/ UPGRADED TO RED DUE TO NALS/ STILL INVEST./ RR'G SS7 LINK TO RADIO OTDR INDICATES 42 N. OF STTLWA04/ TECH ENROUTE TO ESWDWA RPTR/ ETA 45MINS. TECHS ON SITE NOW / SUSPECT VANDALISM / LAW ENFORCEMENT ON SITE TECHS ARE INSIDE HUT/ CABLE IS CUT AT HUT/ CONFIRMED VANALISM INSIDE HUT TAKING PICTURES INSIDE HUT/ TEN FIBERS CUT/ LOADING EQPT. FROM TRUCK/ NO ETR FIBERS PRIORITIZED / 6 OF 10 FIBERS CUT / SPLICING WILL START IN 15MINS. FIRST FIBERS ARE SPLICED/ A-LINKS RESTORED/ BLOCKING IS ST FIRST FIBERS ARE SPLICED/ A-LINKS RESTORED/ BLOCKING IS STARTING TO CLEAR BLOCKAGE STOPPED AT 12:45 PDT / SPLICING CONTINUES CLEARING ALARMS & FINAL CLEAN UP ONGOING/ 6 FIBERS SPLICE ALL ALARMS HAVE CLEARED 911 BACK ON NORMAL PATH AND TESTED. 6 FIBERS SPLICE ALL ALARMS HAVE CLEARED 911 BACK ON NORMAL PATH AND TESTED. 6 FIBERS SPLICE ALL ALARMS HAVE CLEARED 911 BACK ON NORMAL PATH AND TESTED. RESTORE DATE & TIME 2003-09-03 12:28:44 PDT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Regards, Chad ------------------------ Chad Skidmore One Eighty Networks http://www.go180.net 509-688-8180 -----Original Message----- From: Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. [mailto:[email protected]] Posted At: Monday, November 03, 2003 8:08 PM Posted To: NANOG Conversation: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest Subject: Re: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest JC Dill wrote: > > At 07:32 PM 11/3/2003, John Fraizer wrote: > >On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Owen DeLong wrote: > > > > > Maybe I'm missing something, but, if you have the bolt cutters, I > > > don't see why you need the key to an adjacent lock or any of the locks. > > > >Um, cutting a lock out gets it out of the mix but, you still have to > >have the key to one of the other locks to complete the chain again. > >Think about it. > > A cut lock can be replaced with a similar replacement lock and usually > no one will be the wiser. Look at the locks here: > > <http://www.qsl.net/kf4lhp/telweb/microwave/kiv70/padlocks.jpg> > > The lock marked ATC is between 2 other locks (that's a hasp to its > left, with rusty chain further to the left). It could be cut and > replaced with a similar lock linking the other two locks, without > opening either of the other two locks. On gates with many locks (I've > seen chains of 6 or more), there is rarely any interest given to the > locks that are not one's own responsibility. I wonder if that Bell System (F7?) is ever unlocked anymore.
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