Although your points are well taken, I do wonder if (Reply #35)

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Sogo (2,204 posts)

35. Although your points are well taken, I do wonder if

the infrastructure from many years ago in regards to telephone service is of the same significance today. It seems to me that pretty much everything in that area has switched to cellular and satellite based infrastructure.

Just sayin'....

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53 replies	Author	Time	Post
I'll relate this story without specific locations: [View all]	PCIntern	Dec 2020	OP
This is fascinating.	MontanaMama	Dec 2020	#1
Very pertinent point.	Arne	Dec 2020	#2
They knew where to park the RV.	dalton99a	Dec 2020	#3
the only thing I know	llashram	Dec 2020	#9
Those street views don't look like the same place.	Gore1FL	Dec 2020	#12
I noticed that also.	PoindexterOglethorpe	Dec 2020	#13
They are facing opposite directions	Uncle_Remus	Dec 2020	#14
I saw an embedded video of an IP camera view of the street when the explosion happened	BumRushDaShow	Dec 2020	#27
If American terrorists	Marthe48	Dec 2020	#20
The physical destruction can be left in place,	PoindexterOglethorpe	Dec 2020	#36
Maybe just a few days	Marthe48	Dec 2020	#41
Remember, a lot of people think wearing a mask	PoindexterOglethorpe	Dec 2020	#42
Civilization sits atop a less robust technological foundation than most imagine.	Klaralven	Dec 2020	#4
That photo gives me vertigo	PCIntern	Dec 2020	#5
It should	Klaralven	Dec 2020	#7
Very true.	NoRoadUntravelled	Dec 2020	#23
This message was self-deleted by its author	Klaralven	Dec 2020	#6
This message was self-deleted by its author	CatLady78	Dec 2020	#8
If telecommunications disruption was the aim	Texin	Dec 2020	#10
This Nashville thing could even be a disgruntled employee.	cwydro	Dec 2020	#11
That was my firs thought. Phone worker gone Postal.	safeinOhio	Dec 2020	#18
Yeah, sad to think, but I'd actually prefer that to anything else.	cwydro	Dec 2020	#29
K&R	MustLoveBeagles	Dec 2020	#15
There are so many sensitive locations that could become crippling disasters.	BobTheSubgenius	Dec 2020	#16
There is so much of what makes our societies function that we take for granted	malaise	Dec 2020	#17
After the snow storm Christmas Eve	Marthe48	Dec 2020	#22
So true	malaise	Dec 2020	#26
I am always grateful	Marthe48	Dec 2020	#33
This message was self-deleted by its author	CatLady78	Dec 2020	#37
we have a horribly weak electrical grid; along with other services.	oldsoftie	Dec 2020	#19
This has been a concern for decades	Marthe48	Dec 2020	#25
Yes, all good ideas. From your typing fingers to the ear of congress!!!	oldsoftie	Dec 2020	#31
I hope we follow through	Marthe48	Dec 2020	#34
No	OldBaldy1701E	Dec 2020	#44
Of course we have the tech. What we DONT have is the money.	oldsoftie	Dec 2020	#46
Forgive me	OldBaldy1701E	Dec 2020	#47
well then please, tell us how you convert homes for free.	oldsoftie	Dec 2020	#48
You mean	OldBaldy1701E	Dec 2020	#51
"Incentives" is a dirty word to a lot of folks here!	oldsoftie	Dec 2020	#52
I see...	OldBaldy1701E	Jan 2021	#53
Crazily enough - there's more than one.	marble falls	Dec 2020	#21
Let me tell you this...	LittleGirl	Dec 2020	#24
And prepare yourself to live without power for some time.	oldsoftie	Dec 2020	#32
KnR	Hekate	Dec 2020	#28
Thank you for sharing this story	MyMission	Dec 2020	#30
Although your points are well taken, I do wonder if	Sogo	Dec 2020	#35
Yes but as I said	PCIntern	Dec 2020	#38
Terrorism 101: Go for the grid. Vlad's glad.	czarjak	Dec 2020	#39
For military facilities, there are force protection calculations	nitpicker	Dec 2020	#40
Even if this was a lone wacko, he's publicized our vulnerability.	nilram	Dec 2020	#43
I think they already knew this	OldBaldy1701E	Dec 2020	#45
The RV terrorist's father worked for BellSouth	blogslut	Dec 2020	#49
I remember taking a class about communications infrastructure at AT&T	Dem2	Dec 2020	#50

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