[outages] Fiber cut in NoVA

[Ross Tajvar]

12am Eastern:
Crews are having to dig 10 feet in both directions along fiber path due to
more
damage being identified. No ETR available.

1am Eastern:
Crews have repaired half the duct, and have 1 of 2 cables placed to the
first
splice point. Splicers are preparing cable while construction crews
continue to
repair the other half of the duct. No ETR available.

2am Eastern:
Crews have the second section of duct while continuing to prepare for
splicing. No ETR available.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2020, 11:03 PM Stephen Klenert <sklenert at atlanticmetro.net>
wrote:

> 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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