"Rivers and bridges"? Either Frank is sensationalizing his comments for the benefit of the press, or he's been asleep since '93. Seems to me the so-called "choke-points" now are more social and fiscal than physical - I doubt rivers and bridges are much of an issue. :According to the Baltimore Sun, companies have laid 30,000 feet of :emergency fiber to patch around the damage in the Howard Tunnel. : : "There was a ripple effect around the country with corporate networks : due to this Baltimore disaster," said Frank Stanton, an executive with : Lexent Inc., a New York-based company that repaired fiber-optic cable : after the World Trade Center bombing in 1993. "Everybody thinks they : have redundancy, but these type incidents show people there are huge : issues. When you cross rivers and bridges, these choke points are the : Achilles' heel." : :On the Washington DC to New York City fiber route, there seems to be :at least one train derailment leading to significant network traffic :re-routes every year.