FWIW, the following is the notes from Qwest's outage notification on the 3rd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- NOTES: SS7 DUAL A-LINK FAILURE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY SS7,NFC AND SWITCH. (3) OC48'S FAILED/ SUSPECT FIBER CUT BTWN BLHMWA & E. STANWD RPTR/ UPGRADED TO RED DUE TO NALS/ STILL INVEST./ RR'G SS7 LINK TO RADIO OTDR INDICATES 42 N. OF STTLWA04/ TECH ENROUTE TO ESWDWA RPTR/ ETA 45MINS. TECHS ON SITE NOW / SUSPECT VANDALISM / LAW ENFORCEMENT ON SITE TECHS ARE INSIDE HUT/ CABLE IS CUT AT HUT/ CONFIRMED VANALISM INSIDE HUT TAKING PICTURES INSIDE HUT/ TEN FIBERS CUT/ LOADING EQPT. FROM TRUCK/ NO ETR FIBERS PRIORITIZED / 6 OF 10 FIBERS CUT / SPLICING WILL START IN 15MINS. FIRST FIBERS ARE SPLICED/ A-LINKS RESTORED/ BLOCKING IS ST FIRST FIBERS ARE SPLICED/ A-LINKS RESTORED/ BLOCKING IS STARTING TO CLEAR BLOCKAGE STOPPED AT 12:45 PDT / SPLICING CONTINUES CLEARING ALARMS & FINAL CLEAN UP ONGOING/ 6 FIBERS SPLICE ALL ALARMS HAVE CLEARED 911 BACK ON NORMAL PATH AND TESTED. 6 FIBERS SPLICE ALL ALARMS HAVE CLEARED 911 BACK ON NORMAL PATH AND TESTED. 6 FIBERS SPLICE ALL ALARMS HAVE CLEARED 911 BACK ON NORMAL PATH AND TESTED. RESTORE DATE & TIME 2003-09-03 12:28:44 PDT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Regards, Chad ------------------------ Chad Skidmore One Eighty Networks http://www.go180.net 509-688-8180 -----Original Message----- From: Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. [mailto:larrysheldon@cox.net] Posted At: Monday, November 03, 2003 8:08 PM Posted To: NANOG Conversation: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest Subject: Re: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest JC Dill wrote:

At 07:32 PM 11/3/2003, John Fraizer wrote:

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On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Owen DeLong wrote:

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Maybe I'm missing something, but, if you have the bolt cutters, I don't see why you need the key to an adjacent lock or any of the

locks.

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Um, cutting a lock out gets it out of the mix but, you still have to have the key to one of the other locks to complete the chain again. Think about it.

A cut lock can be replaced with a similar replacement lock and usually

no one will be the wiser. Look at the locks here:

<http://www.qsl.net/kf4lhp/telweb/microwave/kiv70/padlocks.jpg>

The lock marked ATC is between 2 other locks (that's a hasp to its left, with rusty chain further to the left). It could be cut and replaced with a similar lock linking the other two locks, without opening either of the other two locks. On gates with many locks (I've

seen chains of 6 or more), there is rarely any interest given to the locks that are not one's own responsibility.

I wonder if that Bell System (F7?) is ever unlocked anymore.