I know it's fun to have these sort of discussions...... however, here in Toronto anyway all of the splicers, construction people and other contractors all know each other enough to be able to spot somebody thats not auposed to be there. The city inspectors are cruising all day looking for health and safety violations, traffic inspectors are looking for issues, and the"cop Maffia" is making sure you have a pay duty cop. Unless you were incredibly lucky, a rogue crew at work In a chamber would be caught very quickly. On 13-Apr-09, at 9:07 AM, "Jamie Bowden" <jamie@photon.com> wrote:
You forgot the clip board. Without the clip board, no one will believe it.
J
-----Original Message----- From: Andy Ringsmuth [mailto:andyring@inebraska.com] Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 1:52 PM To: Daryl G. Jurbala Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Outside plant protection, fiber cuts, interwebz down oh noes!
On Apr 10, 2009, at 12:37 PM, Daryl G. Jurbala wrote:
3) From what I understand it's not trivial to raise a manhole cover. Most likely can't be done by one person. Can they be locked? Or were the carriers simply relying on obscurity/barrier to entry?
Your understanding is incorrect. I'm an average sized guy and I can pull a manhole cover with one hand on the right tool. It might take 2 hands if it hasn't been opened recently and has lots of pebbles and dirt jammed in around it. It's like everything else: if you know how to do it, and you have the right tool, it's simple.
Agreed. Manhole covers are very simple to remove. I don't even need any tools. I've removed countless manhole covers to retrieve balls, frisbees, etc., with nothing more than my bare hands. It's a pretty trivial task.
Think about it. All anyone would need to do is pull up to the manhole, set a few orange cones around it, put on an orange vest and a hard hat, and crawl on in with your wire cutters and bolt cutter. Guaranteed NO ONE will even question it.
-Andy