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Modern Communications Denied to Half of Arizona after Single Cable Maliciously Cut

posted by LaminatorX on Sunday March 01 2015, @03:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the Whatever-happened-to-three-way-redundant-connectivity? dept.

Fauxlosopher writes:

Someone knocked out much of Arizona's Internet using detailed knowledge of the location of a single crtitical data line, some digging equipment, and a hacksaw. Freebeacon.com has the story:

Cellphone, Internet, and telephone services across half of Arizona went dark on Wednesday after vandals sliced a sensitive fiber optic cable

In addition to the question of "why?", this event also highlights the fragility of modern US infrastructure and the consequences of such fragility for both private individuals and government agencies alike.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Sunday March 01 2015, @03:39PM

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Sunday March 01 2015, @03:39PM (#151538) Journal

    In my own experience, redundancy typically becomes a concern only after a problem occurs ...

    That's pretty much how everything works. Hind site is always 20/20.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 01 2015, @04:29PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 01 2015, @04:29PM (#151556)

    We had plenty of hindsight before this. It's called history. People who ignore history often fall back on the "hindsight is always 20/20" excuse.

    • (Score: 2, Interesting) by khallow on Sunday March 01 2015, @10:20PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday March 01 2015, @10:20PM (#151653) Journal

      People who ignore history often fall back on the "hindsight is always 20/20" excuse.

      I believe that was the earlier poster's point. After all, who could know that an easily foreseeable single point of failure would fail?

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 01 2015, @06:37PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 01 2015, @06:37PM (#151602)

    Hind site is always 20/20.

    Yes, but some prefer another location.