[ Apologies in advance, this doesn't contribute to official Nanog business, please direct flame directly to me. ]
After a hot tip on the location of the fiber cut, and with Map Quest in hand, we went to search out the location of todays 500+ DS3 DC fiber cut.
We were looking for a bunch of white vans and pick-ups with guys in hard hats and orange vests along the train tracks in Northern Laurel, MD - our search was fruitfull and within 10 minutes of locating the tracks we had found the scene of the cut. It is located off the Baltimore Washington Parkway at the Route 32 exit about 1/2 mile from the NSA (hmm) along CWX railroad tracks.
Does anyone know (in general terms) how the actual spot/vicinity of a fiber cut like this is located? Or its generally the construction crew calling the boss and saying, shit, look what we found? Would appriciate any info. Thanks. /Subodh Nijsure (subodh@best.com)