[outages] Fiber cut in NoVA

[Stephen Klenert]

Its was a duct bank seeking directional drill actually... :)


On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 11:00 PM Christopher Conley via Outages <
outages at outages.org> wrote:

> The North American Fiber-Seeking Backhoe strikes again.
>
> We need to start an annual culling of that herd.
>
>
> --
> Christopher Conley
> Systems Administrator |  Fors Marsh Group
> 1010 N. Glebe Rd, Suite 510
> Arlington, VA 22201
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Ross Tajvar via Outages <outages at outages.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 20, 2020 10:54 PM
> *To:* OUTAGES Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: [outages] Fiber cut in NoVA
>
> We also have some Wave (RCN) circuits impacted by this cut. A little more
> info:
>
> As of ~7pm Eastern:
>
> Damage traced to construction at Gallows Rd and Saic Ct. Damage is due to construction boring and is 10 feet deep. Crews on site. No ETR at this time.
>
> Then at ~9pm Eastern (this one we got over the phone from Wave who got it
> from Fiberlight):
> they are "routing a spare conduit to check for damages" and continuing to
> do escavation [sic], no ETR, 432-count fiber
>
> Nothing since. Anyone have a picture of the damage? Or live close enough
> to go take one?
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 6:36 PM Ross Tajvar <ross at tajvar.io> wrote:
>
>> We have some Fiberlight circuits impacted as of about 9:45 AM Eastern.
>> Still down. Here's what they said:
>>
>> FiberLight NOC detected multiple alarms between devices in the greater
>> WDC area, including links down between Vienna VA and our WDC datacenters.*Current
>> Status:*
>> FiberLight technician was dispatched to Vienna VA to isolate the issue.
>> Initial readings put the fiber break less than 1km from that location.
>> Troubleshooting is ongoing.
>> *Preliminary RFO:*
>> Fiber cut near 7990 Science Applications Ct, Vienna VA
>>
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