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A Bullet Crashed the Internet in Texas (www.404media.co)

submitted 8 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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A ‘stray bullet’ 25,000 people offline near Dallas.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20251001151950/https://www.404media.co/a-bullet-crashed-the-internet-in-texas/

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[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

"This is not the first time gunfire has taken down the internet. In 2022, Xfinity fiber cable in Oakland, California went offline after people allegedly fired 17 rounds into the air near one of the company’s fiber lines. "

Truly an Idiocracy