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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. US need more weapon regulation by alx5000 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Won't somebody please think of the fiber??

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    My 0.02 cents
    1. Re:US need more weapon regulation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

      US need more weapon regulation WHAT!!???!!
      If it wasn't for guns we'd be speaking one of the following languages, Spanish, French, the Kings English, Dutch, German, Portuguese, ect...
      Aside from your asinine "oblig" joke, guns are what made the US a great place to live, sure we have our misdeed (Native Americans) but overall, we are a free nation, and to start restricting something just because something bad happens is the worst reason to restrict things. Should we restrict knives because somebody misused one? Should we restrict crowbars because somebody misused one? Should we restrict Ipods because somebody got killed for having one? Should we restrict plastic bags because a child might suffocate?
      And before you start whining that you said regulate, you spineless democrats use that as a fancy word for restrict. Also, before you pipe up and claim not to be a dem - only dems and the fearful call for gun control...
  2. Re:Gansta Rappa's by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Nobody said the gangsta rapper was any race. I know some white people that sound like this. Try pulling your head out of your ass before you go playing the race card, dipshit.

    I'm sick and fucking tired of people screaming racist anytime something doesn't go their way. FUCK OFF! It's not because you're black/white/hispanic/asian/whatever, it's because you're a fucking moron, and you probably not typical of your particular race. Go kill yourself and better society.

    Everyone else: Sorry for the troll but I needed to get that out or my system.