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Gunplay Blamed For Cutting Fiber

Posted by kdawson on from the worse-than-backhoes dept.

coondoggie writes "Internet service providers in the US experienced a service slowdown Monday after fiber-optic cables near Cleveland were apparently sabotaged by gunfire. TeliaSonera AB, which lost the northern leg of its US network to the cut, said that the outage began around 7 p.m. Pacific Time on Sunday night. When technicians pulled up the affected cable, it appeared to have been shot up over a length of a kilometer. 'Somebody had been shooting with a gun or a shotgun into the cable,' said a TeliaSonera spokesman. The company declined to name the service provider whose lines had been cut, but a source familiar with the situation said the lines are owned by Level 3 Communications Inc. Level 3 could not be reached for comment."

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  1. don't forget the mantra now by circletimessquare · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    guns don't kill internet connections, criminals kill internet connections

    when they outlaw guns, only outlaws will have internet connections

    you can have my internet connection when you pry it from my cold dead fingers

    etc., ad nauseum

    repeat each 20x to effectively shut off your brain and all critical thought

    --
    intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
  2. FUCKING NIGGERS SHOOT UP THE NETWORK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Gang banging does cause trouble you see!

  3. Re:is that how all gun owners talk? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    No, it's how all niggers talk in America.