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Re: Qwest to pay $350 million for fiber cut( Re: PSINet outage?)

From: Dan Hollis <goemon () sasami anime net>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 16:04:52 -0800 (PST)


On 15 Nov 2000, Sean Donelan wrote:

In Austin a jury ordered Qwest to pay over $350 million to AT&T for
repeatedly cutting a fiber optic line.


Perhaps a law could cover this -- a baseline fine for cutting a cable, and
each repeat cut triples the fine. Telcos will be complacent only as far as
their pocketbook will let them be.

-Dan

Current thread:

Qwest to pay $350 million for fiber cut( Re: PSINet outage?) Sean Donelan (Nov 15)
- Re: Qwest to pay $350 million for fiber cut( Re: PSINet outage?) Dan Hollis (Nov 15)