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On Tue, 4 May 2004, Christopher L. Morrow wrote: > On Tue, 4 May 2004, Stephen Sprunk wrote: > > > > > Thus spake "Andy Dills" <[email protected]> > > > Just in case any of you don't read slashdot: > > > > > > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1583347,00.asp > > > > > > "Law enforcement officials said four DS-3 cards were reported missing from > > > a Manhattan co-location facility owned by Verizon Communications Inc. The > > > theft at 240 E. 38th St. occurred just after 10:30 p.m. on Sunday and is > > > being investigated by New York City Police and members of the joint > > > terrorism task force, according to NYPD spokesman Lt. Brian Burke. " > > > > One must wonder why the headline is "Network Card Theft Causes Internet > > Outage" instead of "Carrier Sercurity Negligence Causes Internet Outage". > > blame is bad, hype is good! Interestingly, the word is that Sprint is blaming this 100% on Verizon, first claiming outright theft (publically, to customers who called asking for an explanation), later toning that down to something like "a Verizon union worker damaged our equipment". So it's a fingerpointing battle, Sprint pointing fingers at Verizon, Verizon pointing fingers at terrorists. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---
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