IP: FBad bad : Massive fiber cut ?? (fwd)

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 16:09:11 -0600 (MDT)
> From: Christian Nielsen <cnielsen () nielsen net>
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> Subject: Re: Massive fiber cut ?? (fwd)
>
>
> Hi, another message. Looks like this is a bad one :(
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 14:52:47 -0700
> From: Russell Briggs <russb () puffer quadrunner com>
> To: Jesper Skriver <jesper () skriver dk>
> Cc: nanog () merit edu
> Subject: Re: Massive fiber cut ??
>
>
>
> Here is what I have recieved thus far:
>
>  Updated By:  psarrate     at  09-29-1999 19:24 GMT
>
>  The teleco reports that the cut may have been caused by gas company
>  workers while they were doing construction work in the area.
>
>  Estimated time to repair (ETR) is 4 to 6 hours.  The reason for this
>  extened time is because there is not enough slack in the cable to bring
>  the two cut ends together. An additional section of fiber is needed
>  to make the splice.  The needed  fiber is hours away and needs to be
>  trucked in.
>
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