Breezeline Outage

[DaSDGuy]

Twitter video showing shredded fiber optic line -

Truck crash causes damage to Breezeline's Fiber Optic Cable in region - The Southern Maryland Chronicle

UPDATE 8/30/2022 @11 p.m.: Breezeline reports service has been restored to some customers. They expect all services to be restored by Wednesday morning. Service has been restored for most customers impacted by damage to our fiber facilities today. Technicians continue to work to restore services...

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[3CATSAILOR]

I don't believe the story of a truck accident. If so, it means the Internet is too easy to take down. I suspect it was something elese that the full story isn't told to the public, "as usual".

It's ridiculous that a truck accident knocking out one fiber line can cause three states to go down.

 

[Kyle]

I get all that. My issue is that one single fiber line can bring down Breezeline's service across multiple states. That truck happens to hit the one single point of failure? Seems like poor infrastructure design.

Just wait until everyone in the country is tied to electric for EVERYTHING and someone attacks the grid.

 

[Sneakers]

Arc welded?

Maybe it's different, but fiber used in aircraft is more or less glued end to end.

I've installed many a fiber connection. A fiber splice tube not much bigger than the fiber itself is used, with an optically correct "glue" compound, then cured under UV light. And that's just one fiber. That trunk looked to have between 32 and 96 fibers. Then the whole thing is encapsulated in a weather-tight capsule or wrap.

 

[SamSpade]

I don't believe the story of a truck accident. If so, it means the Internet is too easy to take down. I suspect it was something elese that the full story isn't told to the public, "as usual".

I'm still skeptical myself, as well. It's hard to believe ONE BROKEN CABLE shut down three states. Sounds like a scapegoat.

 

[Gilligan]

I'm still skeptical myself, as well. It's hard to believe ONE BROKEN CABLE shut down three states. Sounds like a scapegoat.

The tech I talked to yesterday afternoon told me that they had two major breaks in two different locations.

 

[Sneakers]

The tech I talked to yesterday afternoon told me that they had two major breaks in two different locations.

Now that is starting to sound less like an accident....

 

[tuffenuff2]

I still don't have internet.

 

[DoWhat]

I still don't have internet.

Did you reboot your modem?

 

[tuffenuff2]

Did you reboot your modem?

Yes

 

[Kyle]

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[RoseRed]

Oddly enough, my Breezeline bill came via email during the outage.

 

[tuffenuff2]

It just came back on.

 

[stgislander]

I had to do a reboot of a couple PCs here at work before they hooked back up online.

 

[Gilligan]

I had to do a reboot of a couple PCs here at work before they hooked back up online.

I was relieved to see all my porn links were still there.

 

[glhs837]

I don't believe the story of a truck accident. If so, it means the Internet is too easy to take down. I suspect it was something elese that the full story isn't told to the public, "as usual".

How fast they did get it back online tells me that that snarled mess in the pic wasnt the issue. No damn way could that mess have been repaired that fast.

 

[Sneakers]

I was relieved to see all my porn links were still there.

"Grandmas in MuMu's"

 

[glhs837]

I was relieved to see all my porn links were still there.

Well, its all midget porn, so the hyperlinks are short and don't take much storage......

 

[glhs837]

"Grandmas in MuMu's"

 

[Gilligan]

"Grandmas in MuMu's"

You like that one too?