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Stray bullet takes out Spectrum fiber, knocks Texans offline

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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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  • HubertManne@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Sounds dangerous over there. Do you need ice with illinois national guard backup to help bring you freedom?

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    • leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      We have the freedom to knock out our own internet with freedom bullets. What more could one want?!

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  • OppaGundamStyle@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Crime is out of control in Texas! What a lawless wasteland the pedophile party has made.

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    • Nunar@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Send in the national guard and the army! I’m sure there’s leaves to be raked and trash to be picked up!!!

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  • toofpic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    She is not stray, for every bullet has an owner

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  • nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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

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    • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Build a wall around Texas and make Texans pay for it.

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      • nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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  • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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    • idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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  • jake_jake_jake_@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    working for an isp in rural NY and PA, this is not uncommon, but for us normally they are normally not “stray”

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  • Outtatime@sh.itjust.works ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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  • Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Are the cables not underground? Just put them underground its not safe above ground in texas

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    • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Lots of stuff like power and phone lines still arent underground in large parts of the US afaik.

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  • BroBot9000@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Only way this would be more American if someone was also shot.

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    • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      …By a toddler with the gun.

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    • leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Give it time…

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  • Bristlecone@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The most Texas internet outage ever

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  • homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    In Texas, you say

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  • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Man, Texas Republicans really don’t want people to watch pornhub.

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