Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!umich!telecom-request Date: Sun, 17 Mar 91 23:01 PST From: John Higdon Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: The Order of Repair Reply-To: John Higdon Message-ID: Organization: Green Hills and Cows Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 213, Message 5 of 7 Lines: 37 "Marc T. Kaufman" writes: > Let's see ... the cable company had one "pair" to restore, and was > probably lowest on the pole, having been established last. It is a dual cable system. Have you ever worked with the type of coax that is used in cable systems? It is semi-rigid and a bear to manipulate. Also, it is installed ABOVE the telco cable (as are most that I have seen around the country). So the cable people had to work around the damaged telco cable to fix the TV feed. The fact that PG&E was working on the 12KV lines did not seem to bother them much. > PG&E also had one pair to restore, well maybe four if the pole had > the maximum number of house drops. PG&E had house drops, three 12KV primary wires and a transformer to replace. Maybe since it was that company's negligence which caused the fire a decision was made to hustle it. > I don't blame the phone company for not wanting to work while PG&E is > on the pole stringing 12KV wires. And how easy is it to put up a new > splice box (or two) in the rain with only the truck's spotlight for > illumination? That is a good excuse for after the sun went down (at 9PM), but what were they doing for the previous seven hours? When electricity came back, there were still three or four hours of daylight left. Actually, this is a common story with Pac*Bell. When the trouble people come out and determine that the job will require cable splicers, then you can be assured that it will be a "next day" job. Besides, what would one need a phone for anyway? To report a fire? :-) John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !