In April, there was a mysterious fiber optic cable cut in San Jose, California. The incident caused widespread speculation among computer security circles, but no definitive answers have been made public.
Where the tale gets interesting, however, is the much less reported aspect of what happens in modern, urban areas when the majority of communications system suddenly become unavailable, and the role that emergency preparedness and HAMs can play even today, even in suburbia.
ARRL story on the event.
Bruce Perens' weblog story.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
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