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Re: Fiber cut in SF area


From: JC Dill <jcdill.lists () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:17:58 -0700

Michael Holstein wrote:

Anyone know where the actual cut is?


Based on the previously posted news articles ..

First one is in this proximity :  37°15'20.79"N 121°48'9.38"W
Second one is in this proximity :  37°29'44.00"N 122°14'44.31"W

First one is along a highway .. second one is along railroad tracks. Google Earth's imagray of both areas is quite good (~.5m maybe) .. but not quite good enough to make out manholes.
The manholes are clearly visible on the zoomed in images for the first location (Old County Road, San Carlos). There is a line of 3 closely spaced manholes easily seen in the middle of the south/east bound lane - about 100-150 feet south/east (towards Redwood City) from where Google places this location:

37°29'44.00"N 122°14'44.31"W

If you go to Google's Street View at the second location:

37°29'44.00"N 122°14'44.31"W

There's a manhole right there. However, the TV footage shows them accessing the lines from a manhole in the dirt along the tracks, not a manhole in the street.

jc



Also interesting to note .. from one of the news articles .. "AT&T's contract with the Communication Workers of America expired at 11:59 p.m. Saturday"

Cheers,

Michael Holstein
Cleveland State University






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