I guess the next generation fiber networks will need to be installed with tunnel boring machines and just not surface anywhere except the endpoints :) After all, undersea cables get along just fine without convenient access along their length... On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>wrote:
On Mon, 13 Apr 2009, Dylan Ebner wrote:
Manhole locks are just going to stop vandalism, and I think the threat
to obstruction calculation just doesn't add up for that small level of isolated cases.
It doesn't stop it, it just makes it slightly harder, and they'll go after another point.
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This is the bay area as well... How long do you need to spend with a torch to cut thru that? A couple of minutes?
There is absolutely no way you can stop a determined attacker, and it would increase cost a lot more than it's worth. Time is better spent stopping the few people who actually do these kinds of things, same way as it's not worth it for regular people to wear body armour all the time, just in case they might get shot, or have parachutes and emergency exits that work in mid-flight on commercial airliners. The various police agencies and the NTSB cost less in a cost/benefit analysis.
-- Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se