Here's one I came across from Southern Telecom that seems to give some hard numbers on incidents they've experienced with their fibre lines being severed. Hope this is useful for your needs. Link: http://www.southern-telecom.com/AFL%20Reliability.pdf On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 5:03 AM, Kyle Creyts <kyle.creyts@gmail.com> wrote:
thanks!
also amusing: http://blog.lafayetteprofiber.com/2008/06/nutria-ratsand-fiber.html
http://news.techeye.net/internet/internet-attacked-by-bears#.TnZXk5rhOv8.red...
but I'm looking for something slightly more efficacious than anecdotal.
off-list replies (and, why not, some of them are really funny) anecdotes are welcome.
On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 8:00 PM, staticsafe <me@staticsafe.ca> wrote:
On 5/17/2013 22:16, Kyle Creyts wrote:
has anyone come by documents containing some statistics regarding leading causes for cuts in fiber, power, cable lines?
I seem to remember one which included % cuts due to equipment failure, maintenance, weather, rodents, boring, car accidents, etc.
but alas, I cannot find it in my archives.
On an amusing note:
http://blog.level3.com/level-3-network/the-10-most-bizarre-and-annoying-caus...
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