People are retarded.

What that run to fix?

I wonder how many people died because they couldn't call poison control or 911...

They should be convicted as murderers when caught.

**What does**

So that's why my service sucked. I think I might switch to verizon. Their fiber is surrounded by bullet proof glass and laser beams.

this is very bad news, i dont want our government to turn more, than it already is, into a police state to stop this nonsense.

Worldwide it's a growing problem. Securing physical connections is very difficult.

"Angry at their parent companies our not, the perpetrators weren't really thinking at all, and acted in a completely selfish manner."

Isnt this the case in almost all criminal acts?

Just floors me every time I see some punk vandalize or destroy something another created and pat themselves on the back over it. As if they accomplished something 2 year olds don't do regularly.

It takes skill and effort to create something useful and appreciated. Any moron can break things by tripping over their own two feet. People who celebrate their ability to wreck other people's/company's things I have no patience for.

Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face.

"WELL I CAN'T MAKE ANY CALLS BUT AT LEAST I GOT MY NONSPECIFIC REVENGE"

@curnel_d

Perhaps most, but not all crimes committed are selfish. Consider the theoretical Robin Hood type person. It obviously depends on which laws we talk about. If manslaughter (unintentional/accidental) is considered a crime, then that's a perfect example of a crime which is not selfish (no gain, only punishment for the criminal).

@the_one111

Yes, if people did die and the criminals are caught, then they can be charged for manslaughter. No intention to kill, but they are culpable nonetheless.

If crooked companies like AT&T and Sprint didn't constantly screw over customers and employees, these sort of things wouldn't barely ever happen. Give some credit where it is due. People have no recourse when they are shafted by crooked companies. I'm not saying they should do this, but they have no options.

Sounds wierd. Why power an entire region with only 6 Fiber Optic lines? Aren't these things suppose to be netted to each other incase 1 fails an entire city can communicate with each other?

It's just as bad as having my home phone and Internet over TV cable ... not the wisest idea >.>"

It's probably because AT&T's Union workers' contract expired this past Saturday apparently. They are probably cranky about something they aren't going to get in their new contract.

Hey kami3k. I've got no problems with anyone disagreeing with me. But hurling insults just shows everyone what kind of person you are. Maybe not something you personally would want people to know.

I think that is pretty cool and that is hilarious. ATT and Sprint deserve that after nickel and diming us for years. I hate them.

Well it was pretty crappy all over. At&t both Land line (and DSL of course)and cell as well as sprint and Verizon land and cell were down. It was southern Santa Clara County, all of Santa Cruz county, and San Mateo county. San Mateo county's land lines are Verizon so they had no communication.

My sons school had to close because 911 is down so i had to leave work early and pick him up, you couldnt use Fleet cards at the Gas station, no ATM's worked, Banks wouldnt let people in to get cash because there security systems couldnt send transmissions out.

However I had internet and phone at home because I use Comcast. Finally they have earned all that money i pay them every month.

Ohh and about the whole workers thing that was a bit of a understatement in that article. Its all the evidance is beginning to point to a orginized Union action. The Unions have been fighting with the respective companies the past few weeks to avoid massive layoffs because of the economic issues.

However Im pretty sure if it turns out it was a Union action; then this most certainly will not help their case.

By the way Im pretty sure people have more options then shutting off comms to 3 counties. I pretty sure its not the companies that have suffered in this.

This sounds like the work of a cover-up. One that more than a few people weren't supposed to find out about.

It could easily be disgruntled ex-employees, but that could also just be what we're supposed to think.

I live in the San Jose area. My verizon cell phone and my internet were down for about 18 hours.

It's Time Warner imposing all the new "tiny" (relative to what the US is used to) caps, get your ISP right before cutting cables.

So even the networks in a populated city like San Jose gets set up with single points of failure. OUCH! We're just asking for it aren't we?

With the way the economy is going I think we just might see more of this. I hope not. While I do not agree, if it was disgruntled ex-employees, with what they did however if companies do not start treating their employees better this is what can happen in hard times like these. People are losing their jobs due to the economic situation and yet everyday it seems like the big wigs that run these places are still live the life. Even if it may not be true in all cases the perception is there and unfortunatly people are going to act on it. Too bad these people never stopped to think that while they might get back at AT&T and Sprint, instead of targeting just them, there actions targeted hundreds of people who had nothing to do with their current situation. If one one is going to go after a company or whatever try to make sure you specifically target just your objective and leave others out of it. Not that I agree with doing such a thing, it just for those who have that mind set, just cause your ticked do not bring misfortune to those who are not responsable.

LOL! I bet the vandels where hired by a competing communications company.

haha.. then one day they'll be cutting each other's line... maybe also it their sub contactor who maintain those line... u know.. for more cash... like some people who intendedly spill oil on roads so they can get more people to their workshop...

i was affected by the outage and think that it was not vandals or ex-employees. if i was an ex-employee i would know what cables to cut so that service was not affected but the company needed to dispatch resources to fix the problem. if they knew what they were doing they would know that there would be a chance that one of their friends or loved ones would need to use the phone for an emergency, life or death situation. that is a huge risk to take just because you are pissed off.

this took a lot of organization and skill to execute. i would not be surprised if this was connected to some kind of criminal endeavor.

Huh. I wonder why this is never happened before with electrical lines or copper telephone lines. Oh, wait. They were coursing with deadly, high-voltage electricity. Too bad light being carried through plastic/glass fiber doesn't pose the same potentially lethal risk to everyday vandals.
Then again, I might just be oversimplifying things.

Huh. I wonder why this is never happened before with electrical lines or copper telephone lines. Oh, wait. They were coursing with deadly, high-voltage electricity. Too bad light being carried through plastic/glass fiber doesn't pose the same potentially lethal risk to everyday vandals.
Then again, I might just be oversimplifying things.