Re: Internet Shutdown

[Lowell Bruce McCulley]

Aha!  That would explain the concern I've heard recently about access to "dark fiber", right?  That would be what you get when there are too many dark bits stuck in it, and then it's necessary to access it so you can flush out the dark bits and light it up to resurrect service....

-brucem

Rich C wrote:

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It seems that a bunch of '1' bits have gotten stuck
sideways in the fiber over the years and is really causing a backup
of data flow along major trunk lines.

Um, excuse me, but there are no "1" and "0" bits in fiber optic cable.
There are only "light" and "dark" bits. The fiber optic transceivers
must make the translation. And I heard it was dark bits that were stuck
in the cables. I also heard a team of Qwest engineers were going to ride
the lines looking for these stuck dark bits.

Rich Cloutier
President, C*O
SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES
www.sysupport.com



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