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ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by drtillberg »

Threeve303 wrote: post #2

Watching the impact on the network through downdetector today has been interesting. If I wanted to be conspiratorial I'm reminded of Room 641A. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A

Upon seeing the reports of the location of this specific real-world incident I researched to try to find an article I know exists describing how indestructible those windowless telecommunications hub buildings are. Isn't there an article somewhere describing how they're hardened against unconventional military attack? Visually the Nashville structure seemed very very well reinforced.

As for the NSA angle, this location was not on the list published by the Intercept in 2018.[1]

[1] https://theintercept.com/2018/06/25/att-internet-nsa-spy-hub...

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by jrockway »

Threeve303 wrote: post #2

Watching the impact on the network through downdetector today has been interesting. If I wanted to be conspiratorial I'm reminded of Room 641A. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A

What sort of conspiracy are you imagining here? Someone exploded an RV in an entertainment district so that AT&T had an excuse to disable service while the NSA installed wiretaps?

I think that as investigations unfold, that will not end up being what happened. Just a guess though.

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by Ancapistani »

jrockway wrote: post #4
Threeve303 wrote: post #2

Watching the impact on the network through downdetector today has been interesting. If I wanted to be conspiratorial I'm reminded of Room 641A. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A

What sort of conspiracy are you imagining here? Someone exploded an RV in an entertainment district so that AT&T had an excuse to disable service while the NSA installed wiretaps? I think that as investigations unfold, that will not end up being what happened. Just a guess though.

Given what little we know, targeting the AT&T infrastructure could be a reasonable guest a motive.

The blast itself didn’t seem to take the hub offline; there was a broken water main followed by AT&T being refused access to the building by emergency response. It appears that things started cascading a few hours later, presumably once the generator fuel was exhausted.

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by myrandomcomment »

Ancapistani wrote: post #5
jrockway wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What sort of conspiracy are you imagining here? Someone exploded an RV in an entertainment district so that AT&T had an excuse to disable service while the NSA installed wiretaps? I think that as investigations unfold, that will not end up being what happened. Just a guess though.

Given what little we know, targeting the AT&T infrastructure could be a reasonable guest a motive. The blast itself didn’t seem to take the hub offline; there was a broken water main followed by AT&T being refused access to the building by emergency response. It appears that things started cascading a few hours later, presumably once the generator fuel was exhausted.

Sensible call on the generator fuel. Thanks for thinking of it.

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by b1c837696ba28b »

drtillberg wrote: post #3
Threeve303 wrote: post #2

Watching the impact on the network through downdetector today has been interesting. If I wanted to be conspiratorial I'm reminded of Room 641A. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A

Upon seeing the reports of the location of this specific real-world incident I researched to try to find an article I know exists describing how indestructible those windowless telecommunications hub buildings are. Isn't there an article somewhere describing how they're hardened against unconventional military attack? Visually the Nashville structure seemed very very well reinforced. As for the NSA angle, this locati…

The Evolution and Special Features of Bell System Telephone Equipment Buildings: https://archive.org/details/bstj58-2-427
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