PX Eliezer
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| The Unkindest Cut Of All
"Police are hunting for vandals who chopped fiber-optic cables and killed landlines, cell phones and Internet service for tens of thousands of people in Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties on Thursday."
"Ten fiber-optic cables carrying were cut at four locations in the predawn darkness. Residential and business customers quickly found that telephone service was perhaps more laced into their everyday needs than they thought. Suddenly they couldn't draw out money, send text messages, check e-mail or Web sites, call anyone for help, or even check on friends or relatives down the road."
"Several people had to be driven to hospitals because they were unable to summon ambulances. Many businesses lapsed into idleness for hours, without the ability to contact associates or customers."
Full story:
»www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c···VTE6.DTL
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Yes, folks, I am aware that an earlier news account was already posted on DSLR.
This stuff is---duh---highly suspicious given the probable AT&T strike.
It does show that when push comes to shove, POTS, cell, and Voip, are all equally vulnerable. A California earthquake could have had the same triple knockout. |
