[Outages-discussion] [outages] L3 cut in Baton Rouge?

[George Herbert]

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Jay Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Aubrey Wells" <aubrey at vocalcloud.com>
>
>> 9/25/12 8:47:58 PM GMT
>> Global Field Services advised that road construction crews digging in
>> the area have caused a possible pinch to the fiber. Global Field
>> Services states that a backhoe is en-route to the site to excavate and
>> access the fiber to further analyze the damage. An ETA of 21:15 GMT
>> for the backhoe to be onsite was provided. No estimated time to
>> restore is available.
>
> Wait; I thought backhoes were the *enemy*.


The tweens came up with "frenemy" for situations like this...

The alternative, of digging up 20-50 feet of deep buried cable by
hand, does not bring happy dandelion-in-meadow thoughts to mind...


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-george william herbert
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