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Re: SONET

  • From: sgorman1
  • Date: Thu Apr 14 17:28:42 2005


Quantitative analysis confirms said anecdote in many places other than the Baltimore tunnel.  It varies widely by city, some are more resilient than others depending on a variety of factors ranging from geography to zoning ordinances.  We just finished a comparison between NYC and Charlotte that had some interesting results - sometimes being a flat, waterless, boring place is a good thing.

----- Original Message -----
From: David Barak <thegameiam@yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, April 14, 2005 4:50 pm
Subject: SONET

> 
> 
> --- Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> 
> > (Anybody here *NOT* seen cases where the 2 fibers
> > leave the building on opposite
> > sides, go down different streets - and rejoin 2
> > miles down the way because
> > there's only one convenient bridge/tunnel/etc over
> > the river, or similar?)
> > 
> confirming anecdote:
> 
> Remember the Baltimore tunnel fire?  The protect ring
> was in the conduit on one side, and the working was on
> the other...
> 
> David Barak
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