She is not stray, for every bullet has an owner
Stray bullet takes out Spectrum fiber, knocks Texans offline
Submitted 3 weeks ago by leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show to news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/01/texas_internet_outage_gunshot/
Comments
toofpic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
OppaGundamStyle@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Crime is out of control in Texas! What a lawless wasteland the pedophile party has made.
Nunar@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Build a wall around Texas and make Texans pay for it.
nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Only way this would be more American if someone was also shot.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
…By a toddler with the gun.
leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 3 weeks ago
Give it time…
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
In Texas, you say
jake_jake_jake_@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Are the cables not underground? Just put them underground its not safe above ground in texas
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Lots of stuff like power and phone lines still arent underground in large parts of the US afaik.
Bristlecone@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The most Texas internet outage ever
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Man, Texas Republicans really don’t want people to watch pornhub.
whiwake@lemmy.cafe 3 weeks ago
Texas problems. No one else’s.
HubertManne@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Sounds dangerous over there. Do you need ice with illinois national guard backup to help bring you freedom?
leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 3 weeks ago
We have the freedom to knock out our own internet with freedom bullets. What more could one want?!