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@angusm<\/a> @jack_daniel<\/a> @pluralistic<\/a> Yup. (Years ago, I was at a NANOG (North American Network Operators Group) meeting where a nearby street had a line of backhoes parked. I think it was a warning.)<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-24:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/SteveBellovin\/statuses\/114916068910967947","object":{"id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/SteveBellovin\/statuses\/114916068910967947","objectType":"note","content":" @angusm<\/a> @jack_daniel<\/a> @pluralistic<\/a> Yup. (Years ago, I was at a NANOG (North American Network Operators Group) meeting where a nearby street had a line of backhoes parked. 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Needless to say, this did not start with fibre... at Bell LAbs ~1980, I managed development of data mining software specifically for outside plant phone cables, i.e., from central office to subscribers.
\"Man-made problems\" category included backhoes, and there were plenty of them, despite pervasive efforts to avoid them.
All this is part of reason it's cheap to do underground in fersh new developments, and expensive in developed ones.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-24:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/users\/JohnMashey\/statuses\/114916634829264008","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/users\/JohnMashey\/statuses\/114916634829264008","objectType":"note","content":"
Needless to say, this did not start with fibre... at Bell LAbs ~1980, I managed development of data mining software specifically for outside plant phone cables, i.e., from central office to subscribers.
\"Man-made problems\" category included backhoes, and there were plenty of them, despite pervasive efforts to avoid them.
All this is part of reason it's cheap to do underground in fersh new developments, and expensive in developed ones.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/@JohnMashey\/114916634829264008","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/SteveBellovin\/statuses\/114916068910967947","url":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/@SteveBellovin\/114916068910967947"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mamot.fr\/users\/pluralistic"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/jack_daniel"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/angusm"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/infosec.exchange\/users\/SteveBellovin"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-07-26:objectType=thread:nonce=35b9d53f70ec97dc","notice_info":{"local_id":"10613364","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-07-26T04:46:02+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mstdn.social\/@JohnMashey\/114916634829264008"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mindly.social\/users\/RamenCatholic","displayName":"RamenCatholic \ud83d\udc22 \ud83c\udf08","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/96138-original-tmp20230917230056.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/96138-96-20231029090306.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/96138-48-20230925072247.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/96138-24-20231029090306.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"96138"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/96138-96-20231029090306.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"a.k.a. Rev. Jules (she\/they\/y'all)Mastodon's Unofficial #SpiritualAdvisorGeneric #GenX #Xennial #geek Interests#cats #cacti #books #crafts #stories #religiousliberty #religiousliteracy #harmreduction #memesAbout#TransMeh #LGBTQIA #Neurodiverse #CODA #Exvangelical #Antifacist (how is being antifacist controversial?!)#ULC #Minister & #SpiritualHumanist#UniversalLifeChurch ordained since 2001#ScienceForTheScienceGod","url":"https:\/\/mindly.social\/@RamenCatholic","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"RamenCatholic","displayName":"RamenCatholic \ud83d\udc22 \ud83c\udf08","note":"a.k.a. Rev. Jules (she\/they\/y'all)Mastodon's Unofficial #SpiritualAdvisorGeneric #GenX #Xennial #geek Interests#cats #cacti #books #crafts #stories #religiousliberty #religiousliteracy #harmreduction #memesAbout#TransMeh #LGBTQIA #Neurodiverse #CODA #Exvangelical #Antifacist (how is being antifacist controversial?!)#ULC #Minister & #SpiritualHumanist#UniversalLifeChurch ordained since 2001#ScienceForTheScienceGod"}},"content":"RT @RamenCatholic @jack_daniel @pluralistic Reminds me of one of my favorite sysadmin jokes:The Sysadmin Wilderness Survival Kit consists of a couple of meters of fiber in a carrying pouch and a small shovel.If you\u2019re ever lost in the wilderness, you take out the fiber and bury it under a few feet of earth.Within two days, a backhoe will appear and cut the fiber, and then you just follow the backhoe back to civilization.","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-24:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mindly.social\/users\/RamenCatholic\/statuses\/114916803410047143\/activity","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/jack_daniel\/statuses\/114915068091764803","objectType":"note","content":"