Rats 'Cripple' NZ Web Access

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday June 23, 2005 @03:08PM from the network-plagues dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Drat! It was the rat! Telephone, mobile and Internet access in New Zealand was disrupted over four hours after rats were found gnawing through cables. More than 100,000 customers were affected and even the country's stock exchange came to a standstill. Powerless to take action against the rats, Telecom New Zealand is seeking compensation from the electricity company it says is responsible for knocking out another pipeline which eliminated backup services. Nothing like a backup plan."

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Re:Rats by myowntrueself · 2005-06-23 15:37 · Score: 4, Interesting

"and Kiore rats were introduced by Maori settlers"

They are also fat and delicious.

Mainly fruiti-vores, they are less interested in eating eggs etc than the black or brown rat.

Very mild mannered creatures. Typically enormously fat and slow moving.

They should be farmed not eradicated :)

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