[AusNOG] Warrnambool exchange

[Terry Singleton]

If Vic Telstra staff numbers are anything like SA these days you probably
couldn't find 10 techs in the whole of the South and North West.

Terry


On 23 November 2012 13:30, Brad Evans <brad at delion.com.au> wrote:

> I thought they would just rely on 10 Telstra techs being onsite having
> their lunch break to throw their tea/coffee urn on the flames to put it
> out? :)
>
> Is the cost of running FM200 really equal to or more than their staffing
> inefficiencies?  There must be other cheaper altnernatives, even plain old
> water supression would've left less of a mess in this situation wouldn't it?
>
>
> -Brad
>
> On 23/11/2012 1:16 PM, Sean K. Finn wrote:
>
>> I've heard it's multitudes cheaper to let a few pops burn than to kit
>> them all out with FM200 or the like.
>>
>> Having to service an FM200 System, I can't say I blame them.
>>
>> Sean.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.**net <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>[mailto:
>> ausnog-bounces at lists.**ausnog.net <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>] On
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>>> Which doesn't make a lot of sense, given the majority of POIs will be in
>>> existing Telstra exchanges.
>>>
>>
>> IIRC, in my experience, Telstra exchanges don't have fire supression
>> systems except in the battery rooms. I hope NBNco are putting them in for
>> their Telstra Exchange located POIs, otherwise given there are only 121
>> POIs, a Telstra Exchange/POI burning down will have a lot more of and a
>> wider impact than this exchange fire has.
>>
>> It'll be interesting to see what happens in the next few days with
>> ATM/EFTPOST/Bank branch networks being down because of this fire. I think
>> people usually have no more than 3 or 4 days worth of cash in their pocket,
>> and when they run out of food, how will they be able to buy some more?
>>
>>  On 23/11/12 11:47, David George wrote:
>>>
>>> ... Somewhere in the suburbs,  a bunch of teenage gamers are googling
>>> both "Molotov cocktail" and "Australian exchange locations".
>>> -----Original Message-----
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>> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.**net <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>[mailto:
>> ausnog-bounces at lists.**ausnog.net <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>] On
>> Behalf Of Aaron Wigley
>> Sent: Friday, 23 November 2012 10:39 AM
>> To: Mark Newton; ausnog at lists.ausnog.net Subject: Re: [AusNOG]
>> Warrnambool exchange On 23/11/12 11:35 AM, "Mark Newton" <
>> newton at atdot.dotat.org> wrote:
>>
>>> That's gonna take a long time to clean up. Or, perhaps instead, half an
>>>> hour to demolish.
>>>> One way to speed up an NBN rollout?
>>>>
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