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LaminatorX
on Sunday March 01 2015, @03:03PM
from the Whatever-happened-to-three-way-redundant-connectivity? dept.
from the Whatever-happened-to-three-way-redundant-connectivity? dept.
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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Modern Communications Denied to Half of Arizona after Single Cable Maliciously Cut
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 02 2015, @12:32AM
Please do not call 911 unless someone's life, limb, or eyesight is in jeopardy. 911 operators aren't there to route your calls to random datacenters.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday March 02 2015, @02:47AM
what if someone had a heart attack, someone else dialed 9-1-1 for help, only to find that the fiber had been cut?
A cut in telecommunications is quite clearly life-threatening.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by btendrich on Monday March 02 2015, @03:16PM
A power outage could also be life threatening, but you don't call 911 to report those (unless there are live wires on the ground posing an imminent threat to life)... I think the difference they were trying to point out was that you shouldn't call 911 unless somebodies life is in imminent danger... Usually there is some non-emergency number that also goes to the same place, but with a lower priority attached to it, that's the number you were looking for.