Quantitative analysis confirms said anecdote in many places other than the Baltimore tunnel. It varies widely by city, some are more resilient than others depending on a variety of factors ranging from geography to zoning ordinances. We just finished a comparison between NYC and Charlotte that had some interesting results - sometimes being a flat, waterless, boring place is a good thing. ----- Original Message ----- From: David Barak <thegameiam@yahoo.com> Date: Thursday, April 14, 2005 4:50 pm Subject: SONET

--- Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:

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(Anybody here *NOT* seen cases where the 2 fibers leave the building on opposite sides, go down different streets - and rejoin 2 miles down the way because there's only one convenient bridge/tunnel/etc over the river, or similar?)

confirming anecdote:

Remember the Baltimore tunnel fire? The protect ring was in the conduit on one side, and the working was on the other...

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