Re: Fiber Cut in CA?

[Blake Covarrubias <blake () beamspeed com>]

This is actually in my service area. 

There is an on-going water construction project along Interstate 8 by the Kiewit Corporation, and other entities, which 
are working on the All American Canal Lining Project.

http://www.iid.com/Water/AllAmericanCanalLiningProject
http://www.kiewit.com/projects/water-resources/all-american-canal.aspx

I drive by that area often and it is always very busy with workers and large machinery.

--
Blake Covarrubias

On Feb 2, 2010, at 6:02 PM, Michael J McCafferty wrote:

>       I believe in this case the ticket mentions it was at the site of an
> "on-going water project". Contrary to what may seem logical to those not
> familiar with the area, the area out that way is loaded with very
> productive farm land and there are lots of aqueducts and irrigation.
>
> Mike
>
> On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 19:41 -0500, Scott Berkman wrote:
> > Cross-country Fibers very often follow existing utility rights of way.  So even in a wide open desert, the places 
> > the fibers go are the "busy" spots.  Sometimes its train tracks, sometimes its gas pipelines, sometimes its 
> > electric, sometimes it’s a road, but very rarely is fiber like that "on its own".
> >
> > So the cut was likely construction on whatever the fiber was near.  The other option is that the fiber provider was 
> > actually doing maintenance (adding capacity, fixing a troubled strand) and did the damage themselves.
> >
> >      -Scott
>
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