AT&T is DOWN: Customers say outageimpacting emergency service calls
AT&T is experiencing an outage, hindering users from making 911 calls in multiple states.
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Telcos, including ATT, are working on replacing their legacy copper networks with fiber optics, while salvaging billions of dollars worth of copper cabling. I would imagine that's someplace on their list of reasons for getting rid of the copper landlines.what a shock. land line and comp both from them. nothing much out in this semi rural area. frequently down and expensive beyond reason.
likely switch to elect co comp and hope they add phone. only good thing i can say is about the techs they send out when the idiot,indian phone CS can't do anything (including speak understandable english). the techs have all been knowledgeable and helpful good guys.
have been told AT&T is trying to get rid of all land lines. explains the outdated trash they use here. have no cell. never have,never will. can't imagine how much they charge for that.
Copper is definitely worth more than fiberoptic. I have had to deal with fiberoptic lighting for some time and it just trashes quickly. The ends weather and you have to redress with a hot knife but that only takes care of the end, not the starring and such along the line.Telcos, including ATT, are working on replacing their legacy copper networks with fiber optics, while salvaging billions of dollars worth of copper cabling. I would imagine that's someplace on their list of reasons for getting rid of the copper landlines.
Copper is definitely worth more than fiberoptic. I have had to deal with fiberoptic lighting for some time and it just trashes quickly. The ends weather and you have to redress with a hot knife but that only takes care of the end, not the starring and such along the line.
You are undoubtedly right and we may be talking different grades. I have dealt only with fiberoptic pool lighting. After a while, redressing the ends doesn't help much.Fiber network cable is a bit different. Most importantly it's not exposed to the weather.
It's also glass, not plastic. It doesn't weather anything like plastic. The automated polishing tools out there now are pretty damn cool. They leave a perfect finish, and then you put ends on.
We have hit a few and we dig by hand, going from the electrical panel of a house to an equipment location. A decent sharpshooter shovel will effectively sever the FO cable and bring out an irate customer. We don't carry tools to fix that. Also, it was not our idea that communication companies should run the cable with no conduit right under the sod.Ah, that explains it. I've never used plastic fiberoptic lighting and was pretty confused, I'd never had any of those issues with glass fiber in computer networking. Typically the biggest problems we have are 1) someone cutting it while digging; 2) someone dropping an anchor on it; 3) dust on the ends.
The great thing, or one of them, about fiber is that bandwidth can be increased on existing (cable) infrastructure by upgrading the optics, instead of simply having to pull additional runs. This is great in the datacenter where we can upgrade circuits from, say, 10Gb/s to 100Gb/s with an optic change.
Newbies use a shovel, professionals use a 100 HP Vermeer trencher, so we can break the glass a quarter mile in both directions. I had paid Central Locating, notified Bell south (back then) the power, water & gas company's. They all came and marked their shit, and I was 75 foot away from all their flags & paint. Long short we had the most white trucks I have ever seen in one place there. The Bell south guy says you better have mega ins, I just laughed & said Steve Wonder could see where the machine & trench is vs all the markings. Sue me & see how it works out for you. The bond company just laughed at BellWe have hit a few and we dig by hand, going from the electrical panel of a house to an equipment location. A decent sharpshooter shovel will effectively sever the FO cable and bring out an irate customer. We don't carry tools to fix that. Also, it was not our idea that communication companies should run the cable with no conduit right under the sod.
You try to do the right thing. We would call utility locations. We did that on on job where we were only running power to an outdoor structure. Nowhere near the comm cables. In fact, where they reported the cut was where some freshly built concrete stepping pad forms were. It was likely cut by those guys.Newbies use a shovel, professionals use a 100 HP Vermeer trencher, so we can break the glass a quarter mile in both directions. I had paid Central Locating, notified Bell south (back then) the power, water & gas company's. They all came and marked their shit, and I was 75 foot away from all their flags & paint. Long short we had the most white trucks I have ever seen in one place there. The Bell south guy says you better have mega ins, I just laughed & said Steve Wonder could see where the machine & trench is vs all the markings. Sue me & see how it works out for you. The bond company just laughed at Bell