Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!

["Daryl G. Jurbala" <daryl () introspect net>]

On Apr 9, 2009, at 6:04 PM, Charles Wyble wrote:

> 3) From what I understand it's not trivial to raise a manhole cover.  
> Most likely can't be done by one person. Can they be locked? Or were  
> the carriers simply relying on obscurity/barrier to entry?


Your understanding is incorrect.  I'm an average sized guy and I can  
pull a manhole cover with one hand on the right tool.  It might take 2  
hands if it hasn't been opened recently and has lots of pebbles and  
dirt jammed in around it.  It's like everything else: if you know how  
to do it, and you have the right tool, it's simple.

And, yes, you can get lockable manhole covers.  They aren't cheap.   
McGuard make a popular one.

(Yes, yes...why would I possibly know any of this.....I'm a fire  
marshal in a small town as a part time gig, so I have to deal with  
this kind of thing on a reasonably regular basis)

Daryl