She is not stray, for every bullet has an owner
Stray bullet takes out Spectrum fiber, knocks Texans offline
Submitted 1 month ago by leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show to news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/01/texas_internet_outage_gunshot/
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toofpic@lemmy.world 1 month ago
OppaGundamStyle@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Crime is out of control in Texas! What a lawless wasteland the pedophile party has made.
Nunar@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Send in the national guard and the army! I’m sure there’s leaves to be raked and trash to be picked up!!!
nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world 1 month ago
his is the third firearms-related outage problem Spectrum has had in the last 12 months.
Texas, which will feel the warming more than other areas of the USA, is strongly religious, Republican, and needs to be isolated for everyone’s protection
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 month ago
Build a wall around Texas and make Texans pay for it.
nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
I thought “stray bullet” meant it didn’t hit what was aimed at and just strayed off. This seems pretty deliberate. And for anyone who doesn’t feel like reading the article, it’s not happening in just Texas.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I read the article, but I don’t think it’s deliberate at all. There are 150M guns in the US, and lots of gun owners are morons. Episodically targeting Ohio, Texas, and California doesn’t seem like it would do much to benefit anyone.
Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
The comments section here reads like a coping session for spoiled children who didn’t get what they wanted. Came here for Linux, leaving with questions.
BroBot9000@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Only way this would be more American if someone was also shot.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 1 month ago
…By a toddler with the gun.
leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 1 month ago
Give it time…
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 month ago
In Texas, you say
jake_jake_jake_@lemmy.world 1 month ago
working for an isp in rural NY and PA, this is not uncommon, but for us normally they are normally not “stray”
Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 month ago
Are the cables not underground? Just put them underground its not safe above ground in texas
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Lots of stuff like power and phone lines still arent underground in large parts of the US afaik.
Bristlecone@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The most Texas internet outage ever
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Man, Texas Republicans really don’t want people to watch pornhub.
whiwake@lemmy.cafe 1 month ago
Texas problems. No one else’s.
HubertManne@piefed.social 1 month ago
Sounds dangerous over there. Do you need ice with illinois national guard backup to help bring you freedom?
leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 1 month ago
We have the freedom to knock out our own internet with freedom bullets. What more could one want?!