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Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by function_seven »

giantrobot wrote: post #257
iJohnDoe wrote: post #176

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Calling it a bunker might be overstating it. Maybe some are like bunkers or some have been reinforced. It’s hard to say. Sometimes these central offices are put in really old buildings. Sometimes they are even put in regular homes in a neighborhood. It’s simply based on where they need the connections/circuits and have access to electricity, etc.

No, a lot of AT&T buildings were built as bunkers, well blockhouses, during the Cold War. The typical "reinforced" criteria was being able to handle 2-3psi over pressure and storm force winds (70mph). This particular building is an old AT&T-cum-BellSouth-cum-AT&T tandem office. It's where end offices (that connected to actual customer phones) would be connected together and connected to inter exchange carriers. AFAIK…

"Central Office" is the wrong term for it, but I've worked in a couple switching offices that were built to look just like another house in the tract. They were RSUs (Remote Switch Unit), that trunked everything back to a parent CO.

In both cases it was a housing tract that was allergic to ugly buildings or something. The vast majority of RSUs looked like smaller versions of the CO. Gray cinder blocks and asphalt.

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by monoideism »

vageli wrote: post #99

> I think bombers broadcasting warning messages is somewhat more common with certain types of political violence. I know weather underground bombings tried to choose times for their bombings when buildings would not be inhabited, not always successfully. Just wanted to point out that dressing things up as "political violence" is a disservice; violence performed in the commision of promoting an ideology is terrorism.…

Didn't downvote, but terrorism is a subcategory of political violence. So the term, while somewhat vague, is not inaccurate. 9/11 was a particularly horrific example of political violence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_violence

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by betwixthewires »

ideophobia wrote: post #148

Considering the FBI recently foiled a plot by a group who was planning to "take out" parts of the energy grid, it seems likely from my experience that this is another set of people executing a similar plan targeting telecoms. I imagine there is a high probability of more incidents like this happening between now and the inauguration, meant to target various infrastructure and "big government" components throughout th…

>between now and the inauguration

Why the inauguration?

>This attack screams anti-government militia

What about it screams anything identifiable?

Are you sure your biases aren't creeping into your analysis?

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by mahkeiro »

hojjat12000 wrote: post #212
y04nn wrote: post #206

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My theory, and the most untraceable way to do it today, would be to use recordings out of movies or video games, there must be dozen of them available.

Unless you have those movies and video games already on your hard drive, downloading them will create a log somewhere that could be traceable. :/ Windows TTS on a device not connected to the internet is a better choice. (I don't know why we are trying to give them ideas!)

No need for the games you have all the material on youtube.

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by TylerE »

AdamJacobMuller wrote: post #264
TylerE wrote: post #118

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I'm more surprised that Nashville has city gas. It's not a very cold climate. It almost never even snows there.

I thought it was a warm-ish area, but, its 20F there right now! https://darksky.net/forecast/36.1041,-86.7758/us12/en

I live at basically the same latitude. That's thing... this is about as cold as it ever gets, and it was 70F here two days ago - 30 currently.

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by dkn775 »

anonymouse008 wrote: post #210
ideophobia wrote: post #148

Considering the FBI recently foiled a plot by a group who was planning to "take out" parts of the energy grid, it seems likely from my experience that this is another set of people executing a similar plan targeting telecoms. I imagine there is a high probability of more incidents like this happening between now and the inauguration, meant to target various infrastructure and "big government" components throughout th…

Note there was also an interesting event in WA on Dec 22 - local outlets covered: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/train-carrying-cru...

There was also an explosion at BGE building in Baltimore two days back on 23rd

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by betwixthewires »

olefoo wrote: post #153
ideophobia wrote: post #148

Considering the FBI recently foiled a plot by a group who was planning to "take out" parts of the energy grid, it seems likely from my experience that this is another set of people executing a similar plan targeting telecoms. I imagine there is a high probability of more incidents like this happening between now and the inauguration, meant to target various infrastructure and "big government" components throughout th…

What we're seeing is a "stochastic insurgency" where loosely affiliated groups and individuals conceive, plan and execute infrastructure attacks and targeted assassinations. Relatively little operational coordination; but lots of online showing support and post-crime support. I hope all congressional representatives and local government officials are reviewing their safety plans.

You can conclude all of that from one attack?

Where are the other infrastructure attacks? Or targeted assassinations?

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by monoideism »

anonymouse008 wrote: post #217
vageli wrote: post #99

> I think bombers broadcasting warning messages is somewhat more common with certain types of political violence. I know weather underground bombings tried to choose times for their bombings when buildings would not be inhabited, not always successfully. Just wanted to point out that dressing things up as "political violence" is a disservice; violence performed in the commision of promoting an ideology is terrorism.…

I’m convinced there are a handful of accounts designed to suppress thought and discussion — they hit you with a few downvotes... see how you respond, then downvote up to 10 votes. (Note this only from my experience... it would help immensely to know who downvoted)

I know this is true. There are a handful of bots, or possibly HN itself, that immediately downvotes comments that HN will find popular, but that aren't "politically correct".

Happens to me frequently that I receive an immediate 3-4 downvotes, only to end up with 10-20 upvotes and few subsequent downvotes.

The only alternative -- that there are a handful of avid HNers who are on here 24 hours a day, who really hate discussion of certain topics, seems...actually maybe it's just people. I don't know.

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by stkdump »

partiallypro wrote: post #252
bsder wrote: post #134

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My first thought was arson for insurance money. However, the bomb placement makes no sense for that case. It really does seem like this was targeted at the ATT building.

Insurance doesn't cover terrorism in most all cases, as it is considered a war zone.

I actually bought insurance that did cover the case of war explicitly, with the only disclaimer being that I can't be personally actively involved in any act of war - for when I spent a few months in Israel.

Re: ATT services down due to bombing in Nashville

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Post by betwixthewires »

netsharc wrote: post #63
paulmd wrote: post #35

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I've been wondering if it's one of the 5G weirdos who got tired of burning down antennas on the street and started thinking bigger.

If they're technically capable to make something this sophisticated, surely they'd know that all the 5G conspiracy theories are technically bunk? Although there are 2 variants of 5G weirdoism: the "cancer waves!" one and the "it gives us Covid!" one. The latter is easier to debunk...

People that believe that 5G causes cancer or covid aren't the type of people who have reasonable, rational thought processes. There are doctors that believe the earth is flat...
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