It varies. depends if they used cable location services or not & the owner of the cable. but I believe it is usually it is all or a portion of the cost of the repair. Greg Soffe Mail Administrator Manager Telecom Internet Registry Telecom NZ Ltd From: Matthew Moyle-Croft [mailto:mmc(a)internode.com.au] Sent: Thursday, 5 February 2009 4:27 p.m. To: Simon Allard Cc: nznog Subject: Re: [nznog] Telstra Fibre Outage? Hey, What's the penalties for the contractor in NZ if they cause an outage? MMC On 05/02/2009, at 1:55 PM, Simon Allard wrote: [SNIP FROM GEEKZONE] 05 February 2009, 16:00 Telstraclear has advised two cables were damaged. Downer technicians are hauling through the 96F overlay cable (300m) and should start splicing soon. The 216 fibre cable has not arrived at site yet. The offending contractor responsible for the cable cut is DCN Drilling Ltd. 05 February 2009, 14:00 Telstraclear Downer technicians are onsite locating and excavating the damaged ducts and fibre cables. _____________________________________________ 05 February 2009, 12:00 The Fibre break has been located on Curran St, Auckland CBD end of the Harbour Bridge. _____________________________________________ 05 February 2009, 11:15 Telstraclear Trans North technicians have located the fibre break and are investigating the extent of damage. [/SNIP] -----Original Message----- From: Simon Allard [mailto:simon.allard(a)team.orcon.net.nz] Sent: Thursday, 5 February 2009 4:16 p.m. To: Chris Hodgetts; nznog Subject: Re: [nznog] Telstra Fibre Outage? Yes, The fibre cut in on Curran St in Auckland city. It's been down since around 8:30 am. No ETR that I know of. -----Original Message----- From: Chris Hodgetts [mailto:chris(a)archnetnz.com] Sent: Thursday, 5 February 2009 4:11 p.m. To: nznog Subject: [nznog] Telstra Fibre Outage? Anyone else experiencing any issues with Telstra Clear fibre? _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog -- Matthew Moyle-Croft Internode/Agile Peering and Core Networks Level 5, 162 Grenfell Street, Adelaide, SA 5000 Australia Email: mmc(a)internode.com.au Web: http://www.on.net http://www.on.net/ Direct: +61-8-8228-2909 Mobile: +61-419-900-366 Reception: +61-8-8228-2999 Fax: +61-8-8235-6909