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Re: OUTAGE: gopher eats fiber

From: Richard Welty <rwelty () neworks net>
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 20:32:33 -0400

At 11:38 PM 8/22/98 -0500, Sean Donelan wrote:

Today's fiber cut --- In USWEST territory a gopher chewed through a
fiber cable near Portales, New Mexico.  Service to 6,000 customers
including long distance, 9-1-1 and two airports was disrupted.  Airport
service has been restored.


gee, and here everyone thought that only NYC needed to use armored fiber...

richard

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Richard Welty
NeWorks Networking, Inc.                                  518-244-9675
rwelty () neworks net                             http://www.neworks.net/

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