1 Dec
                
                    1997
                
            
            
                1 Dec
                
                '97
                
            
            
            
        
    
                5:11 p.m.
            
        On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Randy Bush wrote:
do people really think that the relative fiber cut rate is any higher than in the past? there's a bit more fiber, hence the term 'relative'. but i suspect that the predominant factor is that new victims have a better means of broadcasting their displeasure.
Yes, just look at worldcom stats, they went almost 3 years without a cut, and now have had 4 major cuts in a short time. Part of this is because their own people are cutting the fiber when they are working on the expansion. -Nathan