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Parts of the U.S. experienced network disruptions Monday after a large span of cable was apparently sabotaged by gunfire. more

[Schneb]

Fiber optics and morons comin'
Our internet has been blown
This guy should be out there farmin'
Somewhere in Ohio
Gotta go find him
soldiers should kick his butt down
should have been done long ago
When we do find him
charge him for lost internet time
drop his life's savings to a dime.

[lwdesign]

There are several things about this article that don't add up or are missing:
1) The Internet, with its many connections and by-routes is supposed to be muliply redundant so if one section goes out it doesn't affect the whole net. The original US Department of Defense ARPAnet designers wanted a communication line to be available in case nukes knocked out whole cities during a sneak attack by the Russians. Why should one small section near Cleveland slow down the entire Internet?
2) Was this fibre optic cable buried or above ground? How could someone shoot it over a mile long span? Was this some yokel with a 22 who got bored shooting stop signs and went after wires or was it a concerted effort by someone to knock out Internet service in the area?

[sw00p]

"explaining to your average Webmaster the details and specifics of a fiber break isnt all that easy."
Uhh, yes it is: "Redneck shoot gun, cable break, 'net go down. Not my problem. Thanks for calling!" /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
(Caveat: if your ISP is Qwest you have to talk to someone in Pakistan for 2 hours before they come back on the line and tell you you can stop altering, flashing and bouncing your equipment (er....) since it's their problem, not yours - maybe that's the "difficult" part he was referring to.)

[leroybrown]

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There are several things about this article that don't add up or are missing:
1) The Internet, with its many connections and by-routes is supposed to be muliply redundant so if one section goes out it doesn't affect the whole net. The original US Department of Defense ARPAnet designers wanted a communication line to be available in case nukes knocked out whole cities during a sneak attack by the Russians. Why should one small section near Cleveland slow down the entire Internet?

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It was still available, there was a slowdown. That's different... if someone takes out a high capacity, high speed line, and all you have are lower capacity, lower speed lines, you would figure you'd see some sort of slowdown, wouldn't you?

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2) Was this fibre optic cable buried or above ground? How could someone shoot it over a mile long span? Was this some yokel with a 22 who got bored shooting stop signs and went after wires or was it a concerted effort by someone to knock out Internet service in the area?

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It "affected a large span of cable, more than two-thirds of a mile [1.1 km] long." They didn't shoot, take a step, shoot again, ad infinitum. They may well have shot once. A break in a fiber optic cable affects the whole entire stretch of cable.
I want to know if they need a hazmat crew to come out and clean up all the spilled light...

[d00d]

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1) The Internet, with its many connections and by-routes is supposed to be muliply redundant so if one section goes out it doesn't affect the whole net. The original US Department of Defense ARPAnet designers wanted a communication line to be available in case nukes knocked out whole cities during a sneak attack by the Russians. Why should one small section near Cleveland slow down the entire Internet?

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I have nothing to do with the article, but the obvious explanation is that the traffic that was normally pushed through that line was being rerouter through another path, putting extra strain on those alternate links, slowing them down. Redundancy dictates that things keep working, not that they keep working fast. Also, I didn't get the impression that the entire Internet was slowed down but that specific networks were.

[sw00p]

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I want to know if they need a hazmat crew to come out and clean up all the spilled light...

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... and I want to know if you're going to compensate me for all the tea that just went out my nose, which, as you must know, is now in an undrinkable state.

[cgmpowers]

Someone must be really unhappy about the amount of spam they've been getting...
That's one heck of an attempt at being a spam blocker...

[bigh]

Ahhh, geez... Dick Cheney is hunting again.

[palane]

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Ahhh, geez... Dick Cheney is hunting again.

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Ding ding ding. Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner.

[tmedia1]

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Parts of the U.S. experienced network disruptions Monday after a large span of cable was apparently sabotaged by gunfire. <a href="/news/2007/08/21/gunplay/index.php">[more]</a>

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If this is all it takes to slow down the internet, we're in a lot of trouble! /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[JEB]

Would Al Gore have shot that cable -- ? Well, given the rumors he invented the Internet, and all. People, I just wanna know . . . /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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Ahhh, geez... Dick Cheney is hunting again.

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Ding ding ding. Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner.

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[reidnixon]

I wondered what was going on here in Bangkok, Thailand with my internet, but I was surfing on U.S sites at the time, so now I know.

[Kuffara]

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Would Al Gore have shot that cable -- ? Well, given the rumors he invented the Internet, and all. People, I just wanna know . . . /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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Maybe he figured out that Manbearpig was hiding inside the cable, and screw the rest of us...
Excelsior!!