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Re: Spring 1999 NOC contact drill
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan () robotics net>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 18:34:41 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 Matthew_S_Cramer () armstrong com wrote:
Believe it or not fibre cuts are not always the fault of the people operating the machines or the operator's bosses. They'll call (as the sign indicates), a telco tech will come out and point to the place on the ground where it is "safe" to dig (after consulting his/her trusty docs), and then 20 minutes later **CRUNCH**. "Oops - I guess my docs are off my 10-20 meters". It happens. I'd bet a significant number of cuts are because of this.
In congested areas sometimes it does not even take that much. When you are dealing with boring machines it can get even harder. A good contractor will dig by hand in areas that are congested, but... -- Check out the new CLEC mailing list at http://www.robotics.net/clec
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Current thread:
- Spring 1999 NOC contact drill Sean Donelan (Apr 12)
- Re: Spring 1999 NOC contact drill David Lesher (Apr 21)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Spring 1999 NOC contact drill Matthew_S_Cramer (Apr 15)
- Re: Spring 1999 NOC contact drill scott w (Apr 15)
- Re: Spring 1999 NOC contact drill Nathan Stratton (Apr 15)
- Re: Spring 1999 NOC contact drill Rich Sena (Apr 15)
- Re: Spring 1999 NOC contact drill Sean Donelan (Apr 15)
- Re: Spring 1999 NOC contact drill Alan Spicer (Apr 15)
- Re: Spring 1999 NOC contact drill David Lesher (Apr 15)
- Re: Spring 1999 NOC contact drill Nathan Stratton (Apr 15)
- Re: Spring 1999 NOC contact drill Alan Spicer (Apr 15)
- Re: Spring 1999 NOC contact drill Nathan Stratton (Apr 15)
- Re: Spring 1999 NOC contact drill David Lesher (Apr 15)
- Re: Spring 1999 NOC contact drill batz (Apr 15)
- Re: Spring 1999 NOC contact drill Wayne Bouchard (Apr 15)
- Re: Spring 1999 NOC contact drill David Lesher (Apr 15)
- Re: Spring 1999 NOC contact drill David Lesher (Apr 15)
(Thread continues...)