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Re: $50,000 reward for Verizon cable cutter
From: "Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan () verisign com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:12:42 -0500
Nate, customers are not OSP savvy. The ones that could be would be like you, me, and vin. Those are few and between. If I were DHS/FBI/SS? Employee or ex employee involvement. Circa 98 possibly. It is familiar for Boston area transmission. -M --- Martin Hannigan hannigan () verisign com Verisign, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Nathan Allen Stratton <nathan () robotics net> To: Hannigan, Martin <hannigan () verisign com> CC: somitho () gmail com <somitho () gmail com>; wsimpson () greendragon com <wsimpson () greendragon com>; nanog () merit edu <nanog () merit edu> Sent: Fri Jan 14 19:58:04 2005 Subject: Re: $50,000 reward for Verizon cable cutter On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Hannigan, Martin wrote:
I know how to cut those cables from experience. A customer isn't showing
up
with a battery powered Makita to do it. And they don't know where to cut
to
do max damage. If they were cutting SLC splice boxes, sure. Not this.
IMHO.
These cuts indicate knowledge. I may be wrong. @shrug@
You have not talked to enough ISPs who have been killed by the ILECs. They know what to do... I am not defending them in any way, it is wrong, but they have a lot of customers who have clue to get back at them if they are ticked off. -Nathan
Current thread:
- $50,000 reward for Verizon cable cutter Sean Donelan (Jan 14)
- Re: $50,000 reward for Verizon cable cutter William Allen Simpson (Jan 14)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: $50,000 reward for Verizon cable cutter Hannigan, Martin (Jan 14)
- Re: $50,000 reward for Verizon cable cutter Joshua Brady (Jan 14)
- Re: $50,000 reward for Verizon cable cutter Hannigan, Martin (Jan 14)
- Re: $50,000 reward for Verizon cable cutter Nathan Allen Stratton (Jan 14)
- Re: $50,000 reward for Verizon cable cutter Hannigan, Martin (Jan 14)
- Re: $50,000 reward for Verizon cable cutter William Allen Simpson (Jan 14)
- RE: $50,000 reward for Verizon cable cutter Church, Chuck (Jan 15)