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Sprint Routers Stolen; NYC Internet Outage Ensues

Posted by timothy on from the it's-not-what-kind-of-bike-it's-the-kind-of-lock dept.

cbnet2004 writes "This story on eWEEK reports that late Sunday night a number of Sprint's DS-3 network cards were stolen from a Verizon colocation center at 38th St in Manhattan. Some customers apparently have service back but a number remain down -- it could be a while. The latest rumor on this situation is that some fiber optic cables were cut as well; this could put the affected customers out for days more."

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  1. I was going to read the whole thing... by linuxpyro · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just couldn't stand those damn Microsoft ads comparing Windows and Linux...

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    1. Re:I was going to read the whole thing... by NuclearDog · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      What, the ones on eWeek, or the ones on Slashdot?

      I think Microsoft advertising how Windows is better than Linux\Unix on Slashdot is dumb.

      To a *nix\BSD zealot (which there are many of on Slashdot), that's like standing there eating a fine danish chocolate, given out free, along with a free beer, and having someone come up to you and offer you a half of one of those cheap easter egg chocolates for $49.99, telling you it is better because they say so.

      (I am neither a *nix\BSD or Windows zealot, this was not meant to claim that one OS is better than the other. Please don't start a flamewar.)

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