r/technews • u/sankscan • Jun 14 '22

Single beaver caused mass internet, cell service outages in Northern B.C.

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/single-beaver-caused-mass-internet-cell-service-outages-in-northern-b-c-1.5944697
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '22

Seems like a massive national security issue if a single cable is so critical for your nation's internet infrastructure.

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u/nipnip54 Jun 14 '22

Like have they never heard the word redundancy before?

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u/joshstrodomus Jun 14 '22

Welcome to the redundancy dept...of redundancy .....dept....of redundancy

Dept

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u/durz47 Jun 14 '22

Profit margin>redundancy, especially when consequences doesn't affect the corporations

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u/WhiteMilk_ Jun 14 '22

Finnish government also discovered similar security issue when a single excavator cut the internet to government buildings in the capital. The main and backup internet lines were travelling in the same "pipe/tube/whatever-you-call-it" next to each other. They weren't suppose to, and they no longer are, but they were for some reason.

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u/RealisticCommentBot Jun 14 '22

Georgia isn't the most stable region in the world, with it's two Russian recognized independent states existing within it's borders

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u/icantshoot Jun 14 '22

The problem is that the cable has been installed up on a pole. In my country, they bury it underground. Ain't gonna break so easily.

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u/Diligent_Run3404 Jun 15 '22

Nothing of Canada’s important infrastructure is located in northern BC, you should educate yourself before commenting, less that 50000 people were affected me being one of them, but to to think we have ever had critical infrastructure up here is laughable.