That's a very problematic situation, but doing aerial / near-electrical fiber has much bigger risks than (ducted, non-pedastal, well-CBYD-listed) underground; in this case going aerial was their choice / risk.
A 2 or 3 man team can do lots of underground work, but a few more people is very helpful to make things faster / for bigger operations. On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 7:31 AM Matt Hoppes < mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> 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. > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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