[Sephiroth]

Even though my name's been mentioned in all the foregoing frolick, I've kept away, obviously.

I do look to the likes of Masque to provide solid framework information, such as the fact that ALL of the VM street cabinets are having remedial work performed.

The difference between a VM employee and myself is that I can speculate on the detail of the type of work that might be carried out according to need at each cabinet, including the optical node. It is rare for VM or its employees on the forum to go into such detail for reasons of perceived sensitivity.

I may well be picked up on the use of the word "speculate", for that is all that an outsider can do piecing together his/her technical knowledge of the subject.

But I think the mix of insider and technically competent outsider works well in the forums, especially the VM Community Forum where I have some technical material stickied.