On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 04:42:38PM +1200, Richard Naylor wrote:

At 12:27 AM 5/30/2001 -0400, Jim Mercer wrote:

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but then again, there are probably far fewer errant backhoes in the atlantic.

They're called anchors and fishing boats in sea cables. One local operator has there own chopper and patrol boat to chase them away (there are also major 600MW power cables close by). Usually the damage is done at night when "there were no boats nearby" - honest, I was at home in bed......

hmmm, yeah, i guess that is fairly equivilent. -- [ Jim Mercer jim@reptiles.org +1 416 410-5633 ] [ Now with more and longer words for your reading enjoyment. ]