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Comments on news posted 2006-12-13 14:26:40: Light Reading reports that AT&T is still on the case of the exploding DSLAM, which sent shrapnel hurtling some fifty feet away and scorched some properties in the Houston suburbs. ..

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hayabusa3303
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I have a better one for ya.

What about a BUILD UP of gas from the batteries when they are charging. They give off a flammable gas for crying out loud. Even if they are sealed doesnt mean one was cracked at the top letting the GAS out and all it needed would be a source. Source would be easy a power supply or a switch.

bogey780

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Unless the fan failed and it also failed to alert the monitoring centeron the fan failure then there would not have been time for gas to build up.


ninjatutle
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BBR Member did it

I think someone here torched it. All the hate being encouraged around here drove someone to do this.


hayabusa3303
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Re: I have a better one for ya.

Or the fan was running but failing to put out the PROPER CFM.


aztecnology
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Re: BBR Member did it

said by ninjatutle See Profile :

I think someone here torched it. All the hate being encouraged around here drove someone to do this.
Maybe it's just AT&T karma...


redhat1968

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Re: I have a better one for ya.

...

The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO DSLAM explosion. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.

snatman

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...Hmmm

Maybe it was too much pr0n?


Tubeeee

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Maybe a clogged "tube" caused the explosion?


exocet_cm
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You All Have It Wrong

The tubes were clogged, nobody sent lottery through the tubes and they backed up causing the explosion.


Tubeeeeee

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N3OGH
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reply to redhat1968
Re: I have a better one for ya.

DAMN!

A man in a black suit and an old black Cadillac came to my house last night and said the same thing go me.

I could have SWORN he looked just like Alex Trebek...
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David
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reply to aztecnology
Re: BBR Member did it

said by aztecnology See Profile :

said by ninjatutle See Profile :

I think someone here torched it. All the hate being encouraged around here drove someone to do this.
Maybe it's just AT&T karma...
That's not as un-common as you think. I have read sabotage reports before from rather "interesting" people. Especially the cable cutters carting the cable off to get "copper for sale".

I liked the one a few years back the guy destroyed the RT with his car because he didn't like how it looked off the road. Not sure if it made local news though.
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Alpine
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Re: I have a better one for ya.

said by N3OGH See Profile :

I could have SWORN he looked just like Alex Trebek...
... who's Canadian.. There's the answer! The Canadians!



Adam


Tubeee

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Re: You All Have It Wrong

On second thought I beat you!!!

Is it slow to post messages for everyone or just us unregged?


techguyga
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reply to Alpine
Re: I have a better one for ya.

Suck it, Trebek.


TrainBuff
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Re: ...Hmmm

Maybe it was the local cable provider.


cableties
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reply to techguyga
Re: I have a better one for ya.

the rapist?


treetop1000

join:2003-11-07
Lexington, KY
I wonder...

If there was any inclement weather around when this happened. It sure looked like a lightning strike to me.
And yes, things that get hit by 20-30 bajillion volts usually DO explode.


techguyga
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reply to cableties
Re: I have a better one for ya.

Remember the SNL skit? Gosh, I can't remember who all was in it, but it was funny as hell. They were playing "Celebrity Jeopardy".


rf_engineer

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Danger: 20 Million Ohms!

A high-resistance short won't do anything because higher resistance means less current. A low resistance short would draw lots of current and be a Bad Thing.
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