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On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 12:31:53PM -0400, Douglas Muth wrote: > >From what I > >understand from someone who works with Verizon since it is fiber it is > >run in rings meaning even if a tree knocks out the line service is not > >interrupted. It is also glass so animals will not chew it. > > > > Never underestimate the power of a backhoe. So true. The current estimate is that a fiber line is cut every 4 minutes in this country (source: some book on building mega-networks I got a while ago). -- Toby DiPasquale ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug