[Info-vax] IBM Layoffs

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

Chris Scheers <chris at applied-synergy.com> wrote:

(snip)

> I have heard of sites with a similar setup suffering a "backhoe 
> incident" and finding out that all the cables went through the same pipe 
> into the building.

I remember one some years ago, when a major internet backbone had
fiber leased from both AT&T and MCI. Should have been safe, but one,
in turn, had leased from the other, and then the (I believe it really
was a) backhoe indident occured.

-- glen