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Title    Modern Communications Denied to Half of Arizona after Single Cable Maliciously Cut
Date    Sunday March 01 2015, @03:03PM
Author    LaminatorX
Topic   
from the Whatever-happened-to-three-way-redundant-connectivity? dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=15/03/01/1448245

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.

Links

  1. "Fauxlosopher" - https://soylentnews.org/~Fauxlosopher/
  2. "Freebeacon.com" - http://freebeacon.com/
  3. "the story" - http://freebeacon.com/national-security/vandalism-in-arizona-shut-down-internet-cellphone-telephone-service-across-state/

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