[outages] Fiber cut in NoVA

[Ross Tajvar]

9am Eastern:
Crews have spliced the first 216 of the first 432.
Working to pull 2nd 432. Some alarms have started to clear.  No ETR
available

On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 2:32 AM Ross Tajvar <ross at tajvar.io> wrote:

> 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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>>
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>>
>>
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