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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: 0, Offtopic) by aristarchus on Monday March 02 2015, @07:09AM
And nothing of value was lost. I mean, it's Arizona! Home of the "paperie bitte" laws (that's German, for those of you from Arizona) and the secretary of education who is opposing education, not to mention Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Why would anyone want to communicate with Arizona? And if Arizona had access to the internet prior to this outage, it certainly did not seem to have a beneficial effect. I say cut 'em loose. Sell Arizona back to Mexico (the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was rather unfairly imposed upon our Neighbor to the south. And It would really be funny to see all those Arizonians who don't speak Spanish having to prove they are Mexican citizens or face deportation to Texas!