> > I think there is > a very careful attitude around making sure not just anyone can get > this information, especially after the Nashville bombing on Christmas > Day 2020. >
Keeping fiber location info close to the vest is nothing new. I'm not now sure why/how you feel like this connects to the Nashville incident. On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 1:00 PM Hunter Fuller via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 11:23 AM Jared Mauch <ja...@puck.nether.net> wrote: > > > > With all the $ being spent expanding fiber in the last mile, I’ve got a > theory that a lot of new and diverse fiber routes are being built between > locations. > > > > There’s a few places I know that roll up some of this information, but > I’m wondering if there’s anyone rolling this all up either publicly or > privately. > > > Jared, > > In the North Alabama area, you are certainly correct. And as a > well-known central entity in that region, we have sort of > unintentionally become one of the arbiters of this subject. So of > course internally we are aggregating all the information. > > The problem is that, at least half the time I learn of this > information, either the other entities aren't willing to disclose the > real details, or they disclose the details to me but it's expected > that I not share them outside of my own organization. I think there is > a very careful attitude around making sure not just anyone can get > this information, especially after the Nashville bombing on Christmas > Day 2020. > > Maybe there could be a public aggregator of those who aggregate the > information privately...?? Not sure what the answer is here. > > -- > Hunter Fuller (they) > Router Jockey > VBH M-1C > +1 256 824 5331 > > Office of Information Technology > The University of Alabama in Huntsville > Network Engineering >
