I guess the next generation fiber networks will need to be installed with tunnel boring machines and just not surface anywhere except the endpoints :) After all, undersea cables get along just fine without convenient access along their length...
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson <swm...@swm.pp.se>wrote: > On Mon, 13 Apr 2009, Dylan Ebner wrote: > > Manhole locks are just going to stop vandalism, and I think the threat >> to obstruction calculation just doesn't add up for that small level of >> isolated cases. >> > > It doesn't stop it, it just makes it slightly harder, and they'll go after > another point. > > <http://swm.pp.se/bayarea.jpg> > > This is the bay area as well... How long do you need to spend with a torch > to cut thru that? A couple of minutes? > > There is absolutely no way you can stop a determined attacker, and it would > increase cost a lot more than it's worth. Time is better spent stopping the > few people who actually do these kinds of things, same way as it's not worth > it for regular people to wear body armour all the time, just in case they > might get shot, or have parachutes and emergency exits that work in > mid-flight on commercial airliners. The various police agencies and the NTSB > cost less in a cost/benefit analysis. > > > -- > Mikael Abrahamsson email: swm...@swm.pp.se > >
