RE: Update: CSX train derailment

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On Sat, 21 Jul 2001, Randy Bush wrote:

> > I would think that if fiber can be run across oceans without using tunnels
> > or bridges, that it could be run across some rivers much the same way, no?
>
> the biggest exposure to cut for wet fiber is shallow water.  anchors,
> idiots, ...

Yes, I can see that; but I imagine you could handle this much the way
fiber is handled near the shoreline.  Bury it a few feet under the mud or
sand.

James Smallacombe                     PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor
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