From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Fiber versus 24inch water main Date: 24 Dec 1999 17:52:31 -0800

On Thursday traffic was backed up around my house. A contractor installing fiber along the highway bored through a 24inch water main. You can see the results in this picture.

http://www.stlnet.com/postnet/stories.nsf/ByDocID/049A42145BD8D1F88625685100...

Cool picture. It's too bad that we couldn't get a comparable picture of data bits spewing into the air when a fiber is cut! ;-) -rb ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com