Hunters Shot Down Google Fiber

aesoteric writes "Google has revealed that aerial fiber links to its data center in Oregon were 'regularly' shot down by hunters, forcing the company to put its cables underground. Hunters were reportedly trying to hit insulators on electricity distribution poles, which also hosted aerially-deployed fiber connected to Google's $600 million data center in The Dalles. 'I have yet to see them actually hit the insulator, but they regularly shoot down the fiber,' Google's network engineering manager Vijay Gill told a conference in Australia. 'Every November when hunting season starts invariably we know that the fiber will be shot down, so much so that we are now building an underground path [for it].'"

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so what?

[FuckingNickName]

Honestly, I'm beyond caring. I don't like what Google has become and if one thing which will put a dent in its relentless quest for information about everyone is a hick with a rifle, more power to him (I wonder if just saying that counts as the crime of glorifying terrorism in certain European countries?).

And when everyone is fully aware of the ability of Google's services to make a detailed profile about them, and the government has appropriate access to its datastores only with the full consent of all its citizens, I might consider the law having a fair balance between the rights of the individual and the rights of the powerful corporation, and start caring about the property rights of the latter.

Re:Hunting for food? We don't gather, either.

[Dr Damage I]

The PETA nuts are hypocrites too. Or hadn't you noticed that they're a lot more vocal about the evils of rich women wearing fur than that of burly bikers wearing leather?