Geniuses at work in Illinois

mrsbadazzcougar · 05-22-2008, 04:41 PM

I'm so glad we have Road Runner...
Cut TDS fiber optic line

thousandlegs · 05-22-2008, 04:46 PM

Frosty · 05-22-2008, 04:51 PM

I'm so glad we have TDS here at work . . .

Oh wait . . .

I was directly effected by this. When it went down, we went on TDS's backup line, in which everyone and their mother's cousin was on. Luckily we have a backup T1 line, but we still had some issues because our VPN tunnel was down.

mrsbadazzcougar · 05-22-2008, 04:57 PM

We just switched to Road Runner a month ago from a TDS T1 because we were constantly losing our connection and it was too slow in downloading/uploading.

Frosty · 05-22-2008, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by thousandlegs

fips

Thanks for your input, troll.

bensenvill · 05-22-2008, 05:22 PM

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The line was marked. It's not clear why the construction crew hit it..

maybe I should add some insight on road design.... its the cable company's responsibility to mark their cables... and they are required to mark within 3" [18" off center] of the actual cable.... now marking fiber optic cables is difficult because unlike ol' copper, theres no easy tool to say "yup, ders medle undr tere" and often times theres the old copper cable running right along side of it and the not so smart cable company guys alot of times will do dumb things like mark the dead copper cable next to it... so when the back hoe guys diggin his trench being real careful to avoid the marked line, suddenly you notice all these glowing rods stickin out of the ground [yes they do actually glow]... and then within 5 minutes you have a hundred cable trucks on the scene.... dont ask how I know this.

jaged · 05-22-2008, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by bensenvill

and then within 5 minutes you have a hundred cable trucks on the scene.... dont ask how I know this.

that sounds like a story for this weekend

Redmofo · 05-22-2008, 08:18 PM

I actually know alot of the insight on this. My dad and uncle work for the company that hit the line. My dad was workign further down the highway but my uncle was the supervisor on duty when this happened. He actually lost his job from this. It cost over 1.2 million dollars to fix. It was a dumbass move on the guy that hit the line. He knew the line was there and was told to take extra precaution around it but he did not. My uncle had to suffer cause of that guys dumb move. This isn't the first time one of these lines has been hit. They hot one about 2 years ago but it wasnt as major as this.

BigBalledOX · 05-23-2008, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by mrsbadazzcougar

I'm so glad we have Road Runner...
Cut TDS fiber optic line

Do they even HAVE the internets in Wisconsin?

bensenvill · 05-23-2008, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by BigBalledOX

Do they even HAVE the internets in Wisconsin?

lets just say all the digital broadcasting rights for all wisconsin sold for a grand total of 3 dollars.

05-22-2008, 04:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
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05-22-2008, 04:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
Frosty NECO Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 13,125 Images: 17 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Geniuses at work in Illinois I'm so glad we have TDS here at work . . . Oh wait . . . I was directly effected by this. When it went down, we went on TDS's backup line, in which everyone and their mother's cousin was on. Luckily we have a backup T1 line, but we still had some issues because our VPN tunnel was down. __________________ '99 Silver Frost Cougar - Gone! '07 BSP Scion tC - New Car

05-22-2008, 04:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
mrsbadazzcougar NECO Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Brookfield, WI Posts: 179	Re: Geniuses at work in Illinois We just switched to Road Runner a month ago from a TDS T1 because we were constantly losing our connection and it was too slow in downloading/uploading. __________________ 2004 Saturn Ion Quad Coupe REDLINE "OH she's hit! Facelift, quick!" You can be my friend here or here

05-22-2008, 08:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
Redmofo NECO Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hoffman Estates Posts: 886	Re: Geniuses at work in Illinois I actually know alot of the insight on this. My dad and uncle work for the company that hit the line. My dad was workign further down the highway but my uncle was the supervisor on duty when this happened. He actually lost his job from this. It cost over 1.2 million dollars to fix. It was a dumbass move on the guy that hit the line. He knew the line was there and was told to take extra precaution around it but he did not. My uncle had to suffer cause of that guys dumb move. This isn't the first time one of these lines has been hit. They hot one about 2 years ago but it wasnt as major as this. __________________ CougarDB GMprincess: I dont want to be a FRIGID BtICH but c'mon! 5 min later me: I dont want to be a frigid BtICH but Cmon! I use to OWN a PROBE

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