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From: jthomp@hosaka.Central.Sun.COM (Jim Thompson)
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Subject: Re: Name That Undersea Cable
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Date: 18 Mar 90 07:46:25 GMT
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Responding to John R. Levine's question, "Name That Undersea Cable,"
posted Thu, 1 Mar 90:

>.." Two blocks south of my house, at each end of the street (east and
>west ends, that is) there are large AT&T signs warning us that there
>is a buried transcontinental cable and awful things will happen to
>anyone who digs without talking to them first.  Since the only thing
>to the east is the ocean, I presume this is one of the transatlantic
>cables.  Anybody have an idea which one?"

There are several signs that say much the same thing ('transcontinental' 
even!) running up the street outside where I work/live.  (No, I don't 
live at work, usually.)

I'm in Dallas, Tx.  No ocean.


Jim Thompson - Network Engineering - Sun Microsystems -	jthomp@central.sun.com
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