Here's one I came across from Southern Telecom that seems to give some hard numbers on incidents they've experienced with their fibre lines being severed.
Hope this is useful for your needs. Link: http://www.southern-telecom.com/AFL%20Reliability.pdf On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 5:03 AM, Kyle Creyts <kyle.cre...@gmail.com> wrote: > thanks! > > also amusing: > http://blog.lafayetteprofiber.com/2008/06/nutria-ratsand-fiber.html > > http://news.techeye.net/internet/internet-attacked-by-bears#.TnZXk5rhOv8.reddit > > but I'm looking for something slightly more efficacious than anecdotal. > > off-list replies (and, why not, some of them are really funny) anecdotes > are welcome. > > > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 8:00 PM, staticsafe <m...@staticsafe.ca> wrote: > > > On 5/17/2013 22:16, Kyle Creyts wrote: > > > has anyone come by documents containing some statistics regarding > leading > > > causes for cuts in fiber, power, cable lines? > > > > > > I seem to remember one which included % cuts due to equipment failure, > > > maintenance, weather, rodents, boring, car accidents, etc. > > > > > > but alas, I cannot find it in my archives. > > > > > > > On an amusing note: > > > > > http://blog.level3.com/level-3-network/the-10-most-bizarre-and-annoying-causes-of-fiber-cuts/ > > -- > > staticsafe > > O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org > > Please don't top post - http://goo.gl/YrmAb > > Don't CC me! I'm subscribed to whatever list I just posted on. > > > > > > > -- > Kyle Creyts > > Information Assurance Professional > BSidesDetroit Organizer > -- Ryan Gard