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Re: Vandalism in Arizona Shut Down Internet, Cellphone, Telephone Service Across State

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On 2/03/2015 4:05 AM, Rich wrote:
> http://freebeacon.com/national-security/vandalism-in-arizona-shut-down-internet-cellphone-telephone-service-across-state/
>
> Quoting from the URL above:
>
>     Cellphone, Internet, and telephone services across half of Arizona went
>     dark on Wednesday after vandals sliced a sensitive fiber optic cable,
>     according to those familiar with the situation. The incident is raising
>     concerns about the safety of U.S. infrastructure.
>
>     The outage shut down critical services across large parts of the state,
>     preventing individuals from using their phones, bank and ATM cards, and
>     the Internet. Critical services, such as police and state government
>     databases, as well as banks and hospitals, also were affected as a
>     result of the vandalism.
>
>     The services first went dead around noon MST on Wednesday, causing
>     complete service interruptions across half the state, from Phoenix to
>     such northern cities as Sedona, Prescott, and Cotton Wood, according to
>     an official from CenturyLink, the Louisiana-based communications company
>     that owns the severed line.
>
>     "There was a vandalism that took place on a fiber optic cable that
>     basically runs from Phoenix to Northern Arizona," said Alex Juarez, a
>     spokesman for CenturyLink in Arizona.
>
>     The line, which is composed of extremely thick cable, appeared to have
>     been cut with a hacksaw, according to Juarez. Phoenix police are
>     currently investigating the incident and say they have yet to determine
>     a motivation for the crime.
>
>     "We're not sure what the intent was, but they were able to cut the fiber
>     optic cable, possibly using a hacksaw," Juarez explained. "It looks like
>     a pretty straight cut."
>
>     ...
>

With any luck, next time they'll go after a 500kV transmission cable.

Sylvia.

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Vandalism in Arizona Shut Down Internet, Cellphone, Telephone Service Across State Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-03-01 17:05 +0000
  Re: Vandalism in Arizona Shut Down Internet, Cellphone, Telephone Service Across State Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-03-02 14:07 +1100
  Re: Vandalism in Arizona Shut Down Internet, Cellphone, Telephone Service Across State "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2015-03-02 13:48 +0100
    Re: Vandalism in Arizona Shut Down Internet, Cellphone, Telephone Service Across State Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-03-02 14:30 +0000

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