Re: [TCLUG:15025] ilec/clec wars

[Bob Tanner <tanner@real-time.com>]

Quoting Mike Hicks (hick0088@tc.umn.edu):
> Am I reading this right?
> 
>    U S West said that the redundancy built into the fiber-optic cable
>    didn't work because "the primary cable and the area surrounding
>    the cable were so severely damaged that the alternate path for the
>    telecommunications was also affected."
> 
> Does that mean that the backup wire goes in the same hole as the
> primary?  That's kinda stupid, IMVHO...

Hey, the world is finding out what local ISPs have known for years. USWest
sucks.

Just like when AT&T(?) lost the eastern seaboard on a fiber cut, keep your
redundant links a backhoe length apart.
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