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Re: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest


From: Henry Linneweh <hrlinneweh () sbcglobal net>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 03:02:56 -0800 (PST)

Not having seen the entire cut, I would have to imagin the entire bundle was 
cut and the poor splicers had their hands full.
 
-Henry

"Vincent J. Bono" <vbono () vinny org> wrote:

The quesiton isn't so much how someone cut a fiber strand, but why the
failure of a single fiber strand had such an impact on the telephone
service in the region.

I'd be willing to bet it wasn't a single "strand". More likely the press or
whoever got it wrong and it was an entire cable or maybe just a tube.

-vb

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