Vandal attack on CenturyLink cable in Arizona exposes lack of backup systems [telecom]

by Paul Gardner

The last-month attack by vandals on CenturyLink's fiber-optic cable in the Arizona desert has exposed the evident lack of backup systems, which incidentally is a glaring vulnerability in the Internet infrastructure in the US.

As a result of the attack by vandals, broadband provider CenturyLink's fiber-optic cable in the northern Arizona was sliced last month. As a result of the attack, a massive Internet service outage - for up to 15 hours - was witnessed by tens of thousands of people.

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