FIBER OPTIC RUPTURE STILL BEING DEBATED ONLINE CONSENSUS: AT&T ROLLING IN DOUGH, IGNORES COAST INFRASTRUCTURE Theres an interesting discussion online about the recent rupture of the AT&T fiber optic cable on Comptche-Ukiah Road that killed internet & phone service for nearly three days this week paralyzing coast commerce: Thought I would start a thread for AT&T and the fiber optic topic. First I will post Dan Hamburgs reply from the listserve and add my two cents as the first reply. Dan Hamburg wrote: Terry Vaughn writes: AT&T will never build a self-healing fiber ring unless our county supervisors and mayors take this failure as a warning of what can happen when we lose 1 small link to the outside world. Our leaders need to work with the state and telecom companies to restore our confidence in the network. The Mendocino Coast needs a diverse path for telecommunications off the coast. What business or college would invest in a place where a car accident can cause so much economic damage. (Mendocino County Suervisor Dan Hamburg): Terry is right on the mark. I do want to take note that the Broadband Alliance of Mendocino County (BAMC) and its chair Jim Moorehead have been warning about the precariousness of the network that serves the Mendocino Coast, and much of the rest of rural Mendocino County, for several years. In fact, BAMC sponsored a proposal to the CPUC (Golden Bear Broadband) that would have created two redundant fiber rings on Route 1 (the Mendocino County ring would have been: Laytonville/Westport/Fort Bragg/Manchester/Ukiah) with the internet backbone interconnections at Laytonville and Ukiah. ATT was instrumental in blocking that proposal. According to Jim, ATT failed in two ways in this most recent incident: 1) ATT failed to have adequate material and personnel available locally to respond to this emergency in a timely manner; and 2) ATT does not have a redundant network to route around problems like this. This is a basic network design flaw that saves ATT money. BAMC, which is the arm of the Board of Supervisors on broadband issues, is collecting information for a full report to CPUC. Please share relevant information with Brandon Merritt in the county Executive Office ([email protected]). mendoboards.forumotion/t205-att-fiber-optic
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:42:04 +0000
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