[outages] Fiber cut in NoVA

Ross Tajvar ross at tajvar.io
Wed Oct 21 02:24:19 EDT 2020


Hmm, that's all I have for an address. They did say it was "near 7990
Science Applications Ct, Vienna VA". I bet if you start there and drive
north on Gallows you'll see it. Might be after it turns into International
Dr even - I wouldn't be surprised if they got it wrong.

On Wed, Oct 21, 2020, 2:09 AM Peter Beckman via Outages <outages at outages.org>
wrote:

> If you have a better address, I'm about a 10 minute drive from there.
>
> Saic Drive does not cross Gallows.
>
> Gallows Road ends at Route 7, turns into International Drive.
>
> I could not find an Saic Ct.
>
>
> On Tue, 20 Oct 2020, Ross Tajvar via Outages wrote:
>
> > 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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