RE: Spring time fiber cuts (was Re: fiber cut 19 May/PM -> 20 May /AM) (fwd)

["Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan () verisign com>]

..and you can deploy SONET without a protect. 

-M


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu]On Behalf Of
Stephen J. Wilcox
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 4:48 PM
To: nanog () merit edu
Subject: Spring time fiber cuts (was Re: fiber cut 19 May/PM -> 20
May/AM) (fwd)




On Thu, 20 May 2004, Dan Armstrong wrote:
> Forgive me, but
>
> Isn't Sonet usually deployed in a ring?  Why the heck would a fiber this
> important not be?

Fibre != Sonet (L1 vs L2)

Fibre is deployed in strands

Steve