sixteen attacks on cables in the past year alone. more on this with a senior fellow at the center for digital government. morgan, we talk about infrastructure, this is something we don t think about. even though we re communicating using our phones and sending messages into space, we re actually walking on top of a lot of wires that are really important. so what s happening in the san francisco bay area is called fiber cuts. what exactly is that? look, jenna, back about ten years ago your voice, your video, your data went over separate networks like copper wire for phones. what happened now is all these phones converged into a single cable now, it s called fiber. it s like fiber to the home. so when they cut it, it s exactly what they do. they cut through it, and it disrupts all of the communications. that s why your voice went down, your data went down out in the san francisco area. it basically is like taking a hatchet and cutting the electrical line to your house, shutting off the
the plane was parked in the gate when it was hit. eight crew members was on board but not injured. the plane was taken out of service for safety sake. bizarre twist in the train derailment in maryland. it forced the 911 pretrial hearing in gitmo to be delayed it is disrupting internet service. fiber cuts was the cause. the trial hearings set to start tomorrow. state of the pennsylvania is asking high school coaches to take additional responsibility and keeping an eye out on a condition . should it be man dated that students be tested before they hit the field. i was reading up on this. the numbers are staggering .