At 09:19 a.m. 21/12/2006 +1300, Juha Saarinen wrote:
In case it interests people, I had an update from TelstraClear on the outage:
Yesterday at around 1pm a truck with a large tank at the back went through some overhead cables in Khandallah. It appears there was substantial damage, with the cables being stretched as well as severed and TCL may have to replace up to one kilometre of the fibre.
For Operators with layer 1 networks, this is a layer 0 problem. Either the lines were low, or the truck was high. From memory, the truck should be under 4.6meters and the lines should be above 5.5m. (memory a little faded). My lines overseer used to measure the height with his ladder, when rungs were a foot apart. Which is why you always carry a ladder. (it also helps you pull them up, if they are a tad low) Of course now that men are boys, the rungs are a few inches apart, or they use a cherry picker.....or bury everything. (there are many, many stories to be told over beer, to get things back on topic) I hope TCL caught the truckie and measured his load. The Police do have a road transport group, but they tend to be out of town worrying about weight. TCL should make sure they get the Police back in town to lean on a few truck operators. This seems to happen every 2 years, sadly. Rich