On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Mike Heller wrote:
I find it interesting that we don't hear about more accidental gas explosions and water main breaks from backhoes. Are the blueprints and posted warnings more detailed or is there more fiber than utility pipe in the ground?
My Dad worked for a Natural Gas Transmission company long ago, and all the cool pictures I saw of flames shooting out of the ground usually didn't involve a backhoe. I say put the cable in the titanium tube another poster spoke of earlier, and pressurize the tube with something highly flammable/combustible while you're at it. Maybe natural gas to power backup generators at each of the fiber landing points. People don't like digging where things can go "Boom". Charles
Michael Heller Sr. Systems Engineer Earthweb, Inc. 212.448.4175 mikeh@earthweb.com
On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Dan Hollis wrote:
On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Michael Heller wrote:
Has anyone come to the conclusion that there might be a market for titanium-reinforced innerduct?
Actually I think theres a market for armed guards to patrol fiber routes, with orders to destroy backhoes on sight (of course the operator would be given oh, 10 seconds to vacate the vehicle before its reduced to scrap).
-Dan