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From: crawford@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Brian Crawford)
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Subject: Re: Massive Service Outage in Northern Illinois!
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Date: 21 Oct 90 14:48:02 GMT
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In article <13826@accuvax.nwu.edu>, floyd@hayes.ims.alaska.edu (Floyd
Davidson) writes:

> What he damaged was apparently one each fiber optic device.  He
> probably owes them the cost to repair it.  Several hundreds, or a few
> thousands, of dollars.

A year ago, the City of Tempe's Water Dept. happened to dig up
Sprint's/MCI's (can't remember which) main fibre optic line which runs
along the Southern Pacific railway right-of-way through the southern
states.  Unfortunately for the Water Dept, it happens to run right
through town here.

I seem to remember their final tab running in the neighborhood of
$300K-$400K.  Don't know if this line would compare to the one in
Illinois, though.


Brian Crawford
crawford@enuxha.eas.asu.edu