backhoe fade

backhoe fade definition - telecom
A circuit or network failure caused by a cable-seeking backhoe, posthole digger, auger, or other piece of earth-moving equipment.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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