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RE: Cart and Horse
From: "Church, Charles" <cchurc05 () harris com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:49:51 -0500
Wouldn't some authentication system be more useful than trying to lock all the manholes? Picture a system maybe using RFID or some other radio system where you walk up to manhole, wave your 'wand' (like a Mobil Speedpass), you hear a couple beeps, and you're cleared to open the manhole. Without authenticating, you can still get in, but the NOCs at local utilities and telcos are notified, maybe police as well. If you can tie access to a particular person's ID, I doubt that person will misuse it. Of course, this requires power and battery backup. On the other hand, maybe it's time to put the blame on the unions. If the saboteur is found to be a union member, maybe penalize the entire union somehow, since they're acting like a terrorist group at that point. Chuck -----Original Message----- From: Lamar Owen [mailto:lowen () pari edu] Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 11:22 AM To: nanog () nanog org Subject: Re: Cart and Horse On Monday 13 April 2009 11:06:55 Roy wrote:
A friend mentioned at dinner yesterday that he spotted several AT&T trucks next to manholes in the area affected by the fiber cut. They were busy welding the manhole covers to their rims.
:-) Sounds like a cutting torch or portable chop saw will become standard service equipment for them after all.
Current thread:
- RE: Fiber cut in SF area, (continued)
- RE: Fiber cut in SF area chris.ranch (Apr 13)
- RE: Fiber cut in SF area Peter Beckman (Apr 13)
- RE: Fiber cut in SF area chris.ranch (Apr 13)
- RE: Fiber cut in SF area Peter Beckman (Apr 13)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Shane Ronan (Apr 13)
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- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Shane Ronan (Apr 13)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Stephen Sprunk (Apr 13)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Steven M. Bellovin (Apr 13)
- Cart and Horse Roy (Apr 13)
- Re: Cart and Horse Lamar Owen (Apr 13)
- RE: Cart and Horse Church, Charles (Apr 13)
- Re: Cart and Horse James Pleger (Apr 13)
- Re: Cart and Horse JC Dill (Apr 13)
- Re: Cart and Horse Matthew Petach (Apr 13)
- Re: Cart and Horse Robert Glover (Apr 13)
- Re: Cart and Horse Joel Esler (Apr 13)
- Re: Cart and Horse Shane Ronan (Apr 13)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Mikael Abrahamsson (Apr 11)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Chris Adams (Apr 11)
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- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Ravi Pina (Apr 09)
- Re: Fiber cut in SF area Chris Cariffe (Apr 09)