On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM jay--- via NANOG <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 9/11/25 14:19, Sean Donelan via NANOG wrote: > > > > Lexington Electric System's post > > [...] > > > > "With dove season in full swing, we ask all our customers to please be > > mindful of their surroundings and avoid shooting doves on or near > > fiber/electric lines." > > This is a very common problem in rural areas in California. Birds perch > on overhead wires and people shoot at the birds. It's been happening > since the twisted-pair days.
I think at a long past Nanog meeting Vijay Gill had a slide that showed a vendor provided image of 'reason for outage' - a .30-06 slug stuck in the fiber... (or perhaps it was a .30 caliber hole through the fiber?) _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WJQDNCVYB6PVVUJMNPLH43MELYI65YQV/
