tech@ebiznet.com wrote:
Some organization needs to figure out how to have these vehicles or machines NOT cut fibre. Geeze it's not like these people have never seen a "Call xxxxx before digging" sign before. Who makes sure these companies know where not to DIG or DRILL or BORE???? What's their professional certification organization? (union?)
Believe it or not fibre cuts are not always the fault of the people operating the machines or the operator's bosses. They'll call (as the sign indicates), a telco tech will come out and point to the place on the ground where it is "safe" to dig (after consulting his/her trusty docs), and then 20 minutes later **CRUNCH**. "Oops - I guess my docs are off my 10-20 meters". It happens. I'd bet a significant number of cuts are because of this. Matt
Maybe we could get them to run the fibers alongside gas pipes. Then again, maybe that won't stop the evil backhoe either: http://www.underspace.com/uf/photolib/photo16.jpg scott On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 Matthew_S_Cramer@armstrong.com wrote:
tech@ebiznet.com wrote:
Some organization needs to figure out how to have these vehicles or machines NOT cut fibre. Geeze it's not like these people have never seen a "Call xxxxx before digging" sign before. Who makes sure these companies know where not to DIG or DRILL or BORE???? What's their professional certification organization? (union?)
Believe it or not fibre cuts are not always the fault of the people operating the machines or the operator's bosses. They'll call (as the sign indicates), a telco tech will come out and point to the place on the ground where it is "safe" to dig (after consulting his/her trusty docs), and then 20 minutes later **CRUNCH**. "Oops - I guess my docs are off my 10-20 meters". It happens. I'd bet a significant number of cuts are because of this.
Matt
On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 Matthew_S_Cramer@armstrong.com wrote:
Believe it or not fibre cuts are not always the fault of the people operating the machines or the operator's bosses. They'll call (as the sign indicates), a telco tech will come out and point to the place on the ground where it is "safe" to dig (after consulting his/her trusty docs), and then 20 minutes later **CRUNCH**. "Oops - I guess my docs are off my 10-20 meters". It happens. I'd bet a significant number of cuts are because of this.
In congested areas sometimes it does not even take that much. When you are dealing with boring machines it can get even harder. A good contractor will dig by hand in areas that are congested, but... -- Check out the new CLEC mailing list at http://www.robotics.net/clec
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Or better yet the genius doesn't know how to calibrate read or use in any way shape or form a transit. (and is only becoming semi confident that s/he will not get marking orange/yellow all over their hands... On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 Matthew_S_Cramer@armstrong.com wrote:
Believe it or not fibre cuts are not always the fault of the people operating the machines or the operator's bosses. They'll call (as the sign indicates), a telco tech will come out and point to the place on the ground where it is "safe" to dig (after consulting his/her trusty docs), and then 20 minutes later **CRUNCH**. "Oops - I guess my docs are off my 10-20 meters". It happens. I'd bet a significant number of cuts are because of this.
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