When I worked in an ILEC some of my customers would want me to deliver an alternate path to their building. These customers were often the victims of a backhoe, or some other local loop disaster. For over a century the phone network was designed like the airlines on a local scale. The central office was the feeder to the network and the local loops like a Dandelion sending off its seeds. However, as we move to massive mobility, the local loop may no longer be the best choice (see my Chicken Little rant here).
Local loop diversity is often hard to accomplish. The problem I experienced is that when the customer was looking for an alternate path through the local loop it was very hard to do. Often, the carriers could not be blamed, since the engineers and architects who built the building would often ignore the need for wiring in a building, and might bring the backhoe on premise to build the access as an after - thought. Using alternative service providers often did nothing to diversify the route since they would contract the ILEC and would be connected in the same CO to the local loop... Read More
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