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Another Battery Fire in AT&T's Network

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the hot-stuff dept.

An anonymous reader writes "AT&T has disclosed another fire started by one of the 17,000 Avestor batteries in its broadband network. The first fire caused a violent explosion in suburban Houston. This second incident occurred just 20 miles away."

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  1. Re:Wow by grumling · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If they were within 20 miles of each other, I'd look at the other ones nearby and find out who installed them. Maybe the contractor needs a little more training, maybe they got a bad batch of batteries.

    It is likely they were installed by the same group of people (person?), and if they (he) didn't know what he was doing, it may very well happen again. It is also likely the batteries were all part of the same batch.

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  2. Re:So that's what happens if you run Windows Embed by X0563511 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You could try cracking a joke that had something to do with the article, or at the very least to a comment.

    That post was a waste of all our time, and a moderators mod points, and your Karma.

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