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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Pac Rim Cable Damage Defies Repair [was: AFP article on Taiwan cable repair effort]
This article paints a rather dismal picture: Despite optimistic estimates that it would take only three weeks to repair the massive damage done to what are now said to be eight submarine cables by the Dec. 26, 2006, magnitude-6.7 earthquake near Taiwan, reports today indicate that not one of the cables is back in service. http://www.telecomweb.com/tnd/21168.html Frank -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marshall Eubanks Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 3:33 PM To: Robert E. Seastrom Cc: Joel Jaeggli; Jim Segrave; Bill Woodcock; [email protected] Subject: Re: AFP article on Taiwan cable repair effort Furlongs per fortnight. On Jan 16, 2007, at 3:46 PM, Robert E. Seastrom wrote: > > > Joel Jaeggli <[email protected]> writes: > >>> Is it just me or is this article a migraine inducing mix of >>> metric and >>> English measures? >> >> you're lucky they also didn't use nautical miles and fathoms (1.829 >> meters in si units)... > > Leagues... mustn't forget leagues. > > ---rob >
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