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We’re down on our Hurricane Electric link in MD. Last update I have is that they are still working to locate the cut.


Thomas Ramage
Network Operations Technician Trainee
Easton Utilities | www.eastonutilities.com<http://www.eastonutilities.com>
201 N. Washington St. | Easton, MD 21601
Office:
tramage@eucmail.com



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From: Outages <outages-bounces@outages.org> On Behalf Of Ross Tajvar via Outages
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 1:42 PM
To: OUTAGES Mailing List <outages@outages.org>
Subject: [outages] Fiber cuts between McLean and Ashburn VA

We're seeing multiple fiber cuts from different providers (RCN, Fiberlight, Zayo) between McLean, VA and Ashburn, VA. Does anyone have details on what happened/is happening? We've opened tickets with our providers but no details yet.

Turns out we were mistaken about Zayo - just Fiberlight and RCN. Here's the
info I have from Fiberlight, in case anyone else is following along:

Master Incident Ticket # 914957
Incident Summary
Fiber Cut - ASHBURN VA market
Customer Name
Multiple
Dispatch Location
ASHBURN VA
Description
Fiber Cut - ASHBURN VA market
Incident Start Time
11:30 AM EST
Incident Duration
11 Hrs.
Current Status
10:19 PM EDT - Crews are preparing to install new cable. No ETR at this
time.
Status History

8:58 PM EDT - Construction and splice crew on site. Excavation to find a
viable
path for new cable has begun. No ETR at this time.

7:23 PM EDT - Currently waiting for construction crews to arrive and
utility
tickets to clear. Cable should be here in approximately 20 minutes.
Splicers are
onsite waiting for cable placement. No ETR at this time.

5:59 PM EST: Cable is damaged at 950' east of Tolston Rd on Leesburg Pike.
Crews
are assessing the damage. No ETR at the time.

5:10 PM EST Crews went out to suspected fiber break location and found no
damage.
Work continues to isolate fault location.

2:40 PM EST - Fiberlight Outside plant team continue work to identifying
the
fault location.

1:40 PM EST - Field service techs onsite shooting OTDR at this time. Splice
teams have been notified and are standing by for fault location.

12:30 PM EST - Fiberlight Outside plant team is actively investigating and
working on isolating the fiber break at this time.
Preliminary RFO
Details of the Fiber Cut:
*****************************
Underground Cable
Location of the damage: 950' east of Tolston Rd on Leesburg Pike (VA)
Cable count: 432
RFO: Damage was caused by a contractor working for a road contractor.

On Wed, Nov 17, 2021, 3:07 PM Ramage, Thomas <tramage@eucmail.com> wrote:

> We’re down on our Hurricane Electric link in MD. Last update I have is
> that they are still working to locate the cut.
>
>
>
> *Thomas Ramage*
> Network Operations Technician Trainee
> Easton Utilities | www.eastonutilities.com
> 201 N. Washington St. | Easton, MD 21601
> Office:
> tramage@eucmail.com
>
> *From:* Outages <outages-bounces@outages.org> *On Behalf Of *Ross Tajvar
> via Outages
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 17, 2021 1:42 PM
> *To:* OUTAGES Mailing List <outages@outages.org>
> *Subject:* [outages] Fiber cuts between McLean and Ashburn VA
>
>
>
> We're seeing multiple fiber cuts from different providers (RCN,
> Fiberlight, Zayo) between McLean, VA and Ashburn, VA. Does anyone have
> details on what happened/is happening? We've opened tickets with our
> providers but no details yet.
>