![Looks like Verizon is going down too. [1080x2400 - 183KB]](https://pic8.co/sh/iFMUOR.jpg){kind=link}
The cellular and data system in the USA is incredibly fragile.
Some of the equipment I worked with in the past could be issued a command that would shut down all like-minded devices it knew about, and one of the guys I worked with (accidentally) did that in the field taking an area offline before control could re-establish the devices on the network.
I doubt stuff like this is as easily accessible as it used to be, but I bet that it's still there. Want to bet that some diversity hire told a backbone system to shut itself down without understanding that "all" means "all?"
The cellular and data system in the USA is incredibly fragile.
Some of the equipment I worked with in the past could be issued a command that would shut down all like-minded devices it knew about, and one of the guys I worked with (accidentally) did that in the field taking an area offline before control could re-establish the devices on the network.
I doubt stuff like this is as easily accessible as it used to be, but I bet that it's still there. Want to bet that some diversity hire told a backbone system to shut itself down without understanding that "all" means "all?"
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