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Tucso 48 points ago +48 / -0

Wtf is going on!

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bulletsinthesky 25 points ago +30 / -5

How the hell does an RV create AT&T outrages, do we not have a single pede that can confirm the first floor of the building isn’t just a lobby, everyone keeps saying it houses wires and all this stuff but from my understanding of how 5g towers work the signal is transmitted from the actual tower, the wiring and infrastructure would not be located on ground level that is usually lobby and reception. Also Lin Wood calling pence a traitor? What basis do we have for this yet. TRUMP AND PENCE ARE PEANUTBUTTER AND JELLY NAME A BETTER DUO I WILL WAIT.

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THELEADERSOFMEN 4 points ago +4 / -0

Well that’s very juicy but would need confirmation.

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Sapito 2 points ago +2 / -0

check out this thread from Bill Binney 😲 https://mobile.twitter.com/Bill_Binney/status/1313286931116167169

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meredithcat2017 6 points ago +6 / -0

Do you happen to know the address of this building?

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RealFletchYoung 4 points ago +5 / -1

The cops told address in a briefing.

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surfrighter 16 points ago +16 / -0

I manage and construct commercial buildings. Fiber usually runs from the top of a building, connected at a tower or broadcasting panel location...to the bottom of the building (demarcation point of main data closet) where the brain of the comms exist for that particular building and installation. Ground floor damage enough to obliterate any comms systems, but I would argue that no matter where it was in that building, it’s been knocked out.

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ProphetOfKek 14 points ago +14 / -0

He called Pence a traitor?

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SirReginald 12 points ago +12 / -0

He might want to provide a reason for calling the VP a Traitor on Twitter. That's a serious accusation to make.

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Bogey 7 points ago +7 / -0

Depends on where it hit. Utilities aren't immune to disruption via indirect hits. A comm center had at least one, usually two entrances into the main. They aggregate via the sub street conduits. Usually they're placed two to four feet below grade.

The cabling is either old lead sheathed copper cables or modern polymer fiber. Old lead can snap open with a shock as lead is malleable but doesn't like to be moved suddenly. Fiber optics in a splice can be severed if snapped hard enough.

An explosion which disrupts some service can cause further disruption as splices and cabling are moved around the facilitate further work.

If everything is done perfectly to spec, catastrophe is minimized by such but there's no guarantee workers properly secured the splice points, left enough slack, or secured cabling in the vault.

This doesn't even get into commercial power issues due to transmission failures.

I'm hardly shocked that a car bomb could cause an issue.

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Bogey 6 points ago +6 / -0

Also, 5G is simply a name for a standard for wireless communication. All the comms still connect back to a central switch. They'll put them on the first floor or wherever it can be secured. Some old buildings you have the equipment near exterior walls. The buildings typically are built to whatever local conditions are expected. Such as Midwest telecom centers usually have tornado and blizzard mitigation while Southern ones have hurricanes in mind.

I don't think any are designed with car bombs in mind.

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GlacialSpeed 12 points ago +14 / -2

Adam Schiff not having a good Christmas.

Whoa, that airport arrest was real?!

Merry Christmas to all of us!!!

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SirReginald 3 points ago +3 / -0

Where was that confirmed good fellow?

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minotaurbeach 2 points ago +2 / -0

That is real?

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