I will just keep on digging, and digging, fiber all the way...
On 9/6/19, 9:44 AM, "AF on behalf of Matt Hoppes" <[email protected] on
behalf of [email protected]> wrote:
That's what I'm guessing as well... it's going to be a VERY large
bill... three different companies involved so far.
On 9/6/19 10:11 AM, Carl Peterson wrote:
> And I'm guessing some logging company is paying for all those people
> standing around trying to figure it out.
>
> On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 9:06 AM Chuck McCown <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> I don’t do aerial anymore, all underground. But back in the day I
> built miles of aerial by my self. It is doable.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 6, 2019, at 6:30 AM, Matt Hoppes
> <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>> People ask why I don’t do fiber. The following story pretty much
>> sums it up. For those doing fiber, how do you do it with a 2 or 3
>> man team? We’d be run ragged. How do you stay sain?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Someone was logging up in Ogdensburg near Joe Hill and took a tree
>> down which took another tree down which took another tree down
>> which snapped off the side arms of the utility pole taking out the
>> powerlines which burned the fiber underneath it.
>>
>>
>> Last night about 11 o’clock I drove up there on my way home and
>> found the Crown Castle guys trying to figure out where the fiber
>> damage was, I talk to them for a moment and they were like yeah
>> it’s like 2500 feet away from here but we can’t figure out where
>> the fiber goes, I said follow me, so they got over there and
>> started work.
>>
>>
>> Zito was already over there fixing their fiber with about 10 guys
>> and five trucks.
>>
>>
>> I just spun back up there and as of this morning they (both
>> companies) are still trying to figure out why the fiber is not
>> working.
>>
>>
>> Add to this the utility easement is on the side of a mountain and
>> not right beside the road. These guys had entire teams and haven’t
>> fixed 1,500ft of fiber in 12 hours plus had to wait nearly 7hrs to
>> even access the local due to power lines down.
>>
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