Facility Type Affected – Natural Gas v. Telecommunications
Table 10 – Facilities Affected for Natural Gas and Telecom
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Natural Gas
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Telecom
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Facility Affected
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Damages
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% of
Total-All
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% of
Total-Known
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Damages
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% of
Total-All
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% of
Total-Known
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|
Distribution
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30,465
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37.56%
|
40.25%
|
28,587
|
31.72%
|
43.74%
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|
Gathering
|
133
|
0.16%
|
0.18%
|
|
|
|
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Service drop
|
44,824
|
55.27%
|
59.22%
|
34,771
|
38.59%
|
53.20%
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Transmission
|
272
|
0.34%
|
0.36%
|
2,003
|
2.22%
|
3.06%
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Unknown
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5,411
|
6.67%
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|
24,723
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27.44%
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When “unknown” root causes are eliminated, the two industries appear quite similar when examining the percentages of distribution and service drop in facilities affected. Telecommunications has a higher percentage of transmission than does natural gas.[1] In the telecommunications industry, long-haul fiber is considered transmission. Again, the high percentage of “unknown” contributes to the lower DQI for telecommunications events.
[1] Telecommunications also had a handful of "gathering” as facility affected. These were probably data-entry errors and were set aside for this analysis.