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Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom
From: Scott Yoneyama <yone () wolfenet com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 09:49:25 -0700
Eric Wieling wrote:
Some time ago Scott Yoneyama said:You're right. I forgot about the decomissioned pipelines.Although,you'd be surprised how stupid some of these morons with backhoesare! Iremember a major MCI cut along their west coast route a few yearsagothat took out the entire northwest for 8 hours. The guy was 600yardsaway from where his permit allowed him to dig. He stopped when hecutthe fiber and shut his hoe down. When they got out there, theyfoundthat he was digging right next to train tracks, was inches fromcuttinga high voltage power line that surely would have killed him, and wasalso fairly close to a gas line.Is there any compensation to MCI in a situation like this? I would think that multi million dollar fines would make people think a little before they start digging. --Eric
The comment from the VP of Operations who came out to brief us on this at the time was something to the effect of: "trust me, we'll be putting this guy out of business and adding a backhoe to our portfolio." -- Scott Yoneyama Director Starcom (206) 448-4034 (206) 448-4485 fax yone () wolfenet com "The only way between Canada and the U.S. and all points along the way"
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- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom, (continued)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Scott Landman (Jul 16)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Peter Giza (Jul 16)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Nikos Mouat (Jul 16)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Barry Shein (Jul 16)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Charles Sprickman (Jul 16)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Dorian R. Kim (Jul 16)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Scott Yoneyama (Jul 17)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Nathan Stratton (Jul 17)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Scott Yoneyama (Jul 17)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Eric Wieling (Jul 17)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Scott Yoneyama (Jul 18)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Perry E. Metzger (Jul 17)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom George Herbert (Jul 17)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Paul Trotter (Jul 18)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Perry E. Metzger (Jul 18)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Robert E. Seastrom (Jul 18)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom David Schiffrin (Jul 18)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Scott Landman (Jul 16)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Peter E. Giza (Jul 17)
- Re: BOOM! there goes WorldCom Scott Yoneyama (Jul 18)
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