If the tower didn't fall down, did it move enough for misalignment?
Do you still have power?
Is it the winter during a storm?
Loose tube fiber is elastic to a certain degree, plus there are slack loops
in the handholes etc. HDPE conduit is flexible and will stretch.
But this is all opinion until we hear from folks that have actually
experienced what really happens.
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Moffett
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 9:14 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Earthquake Fiber vs Microwave
I have no data, but intuitively I would have guessed the opposite. If
the tower didn't fall down, then your microwave is still up, whereas I
could see an earthquake borking an underground conduit.
On 2/25/2019 11:10 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Trying to make the case that underground fiber will survive an earthquake
better than mountain top microwave for public safety uses.
-----Original Message----- From: Seth Mattinen
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 9:07 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Earthquake Fiber vs Microwave
On 2/25/19 7:07 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Anyone have some stories, perhaps from Alaska on earthquake survivability
of fiber and microwave?
I have to go to a meeting with some lawmakers later in the week to make
the case that fiber has some slack, fiber can be fixed quickly. Towers
can tilt or tumble. Antennas can get misaligned. And sometimes it is
impossible to get to a snowy peak for a weak during a storm.
Fiber is scalable. Microwave can be jammed and intercepted. Etc etc.
Trying to be truthful and not gaslight anyone.
Just make sure your fiber doesn't run in conduit attached to any Cypress
Street Viaduct like structures.
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