Re: Fiber cut in SF area

[Charles Wyble <charles () thewybles com>]

Jared Mauch wrote:
> On Apr 9, 2009, at 3:58 PM, Robert M. Enger wrote:
>
> > That AT&T has stopped provisioning protection fiber for automatic 
> > restoral is mind boggling.
> >
> > That our crack (or on crack) govt contracting/emergency-preparedness 
> > staff didn't demand protected facilities for 911 is another mind 
> > boggling issue.
>
>     This costs $$$ and usually isn't a problem as there are other ways 
> to communicate.  The law-enforcement folks qualify for GETS so get 
> priority on wired/PSTN.  They can also get radio priority w/ WPS.
>
> >

I didn't know about WPS.

http://policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_arch&article_id=839&issue_id=32006 


Interesting stuff.