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RE: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest
From: "Chad Skidmore" <cskidmore () go180 net>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 21:40:32 -0800
FWIW, the following is the notes from Qwest's outage notification on the 3rd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- NOTES: SS7 DUAL A-LINK FAILURE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY SS7,NFC AND SWITCH. (3) OC48'S FAILED/ SUSPECT FIBER CUT BTWN BLHMWA & E. STANWD RPTR/ UPGRADED TO RED DUE TO NALS/ STILL INVEST./ RR'G SS7 LINK TO RADIO OTDR INDICATES 42 N. OF STTLWA04/ TECH ENROUTE TO ESWDWA RPTR/ ETA 45MINS. TECHS ON SITE NOW / SUSPECT VANDALISM / LAW ENFORCEMENT ON SITE TECHS ARE INSIDE HUT/ CABLE IS CUT AT HUT/ CONFIRMED VANALISM INSIDE HUT TAKING PICTURES INSIDE HUT/ TEN FIBERS CUT/ LOADING EQPT. FROM TRUCK/ NO ETR FIBERS PRIORITIZED / 6 OF 10 FIBERS CUT / SPLICING WILL START IN 15MINS. FIRST FIBERS ARE SPLICED/ A-LINKS RESTORED/ BLOCKING IS ST FIRST FIBERS ARE SPLICED/ A-LINKS RESTORED/ BLOCKING IS STARTING TO CLEAR BLOCKAGE STOPPED AT 12:45 PDT / SPLICING CONTINUES CLEARING ALARMS & FINAL CLEAN UP ONGOING/ 6 FIBERS SPLICE ALL ALARMS HAVE CLEARED 911 BACK ON NORMAL PATH AND TESTED. 6 FIBERS SPLICE ALL ALARMS HAVE CLEARED 911 BACK ON NORMAL PATH AND TESTED. 6 FIBERS SPLICE ALL ALARMS HAVE CLEARED 911 BACK ON NORMAL PATH AND TESTED. RESTORE DATE & TIME 2003-09-03 12:28:44 PDT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Regards, Chad ------------------------ Chad Skidmore One Eighty Networks http://www.go180.net 509-688-8180 -----Original Message----- From: Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. [mailto:larrysheldon () cox net] Posted At: Monday, November 03, 2003 8:08 PM Posted To: NANOG Conversation: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest Subject: Re: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest JC Dill wrote:
At 07:32 PM 11/3/2003, John Fraizer wrote:On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Owen DeLong wrote:Maybe I'm missing something, but, if you have the bolt cutters, I don't see why you need the key to an adjacent lock or any of the
locks.
Um, cutting a lock out gets it out of the mix but, you still have to have the key to one of the other locks to complete the chain again. Think about it.A cut lock can be replaced with a similar replacement lock and usually
no one will be the wiser. Look at the locks here: <http://www.qsl.net/kf4lhp/telweb/microwave/kiv70/padlocks.jpg> The lock marked ATC is between 2 other locks (that's a hasp to its left, with rusty chain further to the left). It could be cut and replaced with a similar lock linking the other two locks, without opening either of the other two locks. On gates with many locks (I've
seen chains of 6 or more), there is rarely any interest given to the locks that are not one's own responsibility.
I wonder if that Bell System (F7?) is ever unlocked anymore.
Current thread:
- RE: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest, (continued)
- RE: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest Henry Linneweh (Nov 03)
- Rural nework economics [was: Sabotage...] John Osmon (Nov 03)
- Re: Rural nework economics [was: Sabotage...] John Brown (CV) (Nov 03)
- Re: Rural nework economics [was: Sabotage...] fkittred (Nov 04)
- Re: Rural nework economics [was: Sabotage...] just me (Nov 04)
- Re: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest Alex Yuriev (Nov 03)
- Re: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest Marshall Eubanks (Nov 03)