Bored Hunters Are Shooting Down Google's Fibers

[Guest]

[citation][nom]oxxfatelostxxo[/nom]a gun does not put out 200db, loudest sound in air is like 194db, a gun being around 150db.FYI =)[/citation]

Alarms that output 200 decibels worth of sound.

No hunter in their right mind would want to hear alarms of that magnitude get set off, not to mention such alarms would usually flush the hunters out into the open as their first instinct would be to run. This would guarantee the cameras would catch them if they weren't already caught on camera.

 

[Darkv1]

I would laugh about this but I work for a Telecommunications company and have had to deal with service outages caused by people using fiber splice cases for target practice...

 

[brendano257]

[citation][nom]burnley14[/nom]What a bunch of morons. Why pick something expensive to waste your ammo on? Shoot a dead tree or an empty soda can for goodness sake.[/citation]

They only have empty beer cans ;D

 

[xantek24]

dumb-ass rednecks dont even know whats a telephone line

 

[nebun]

that's why hunting should be banned

 

[decode]

@ darkv1

is it fun?

 

[ikefu]

Like in all things, its the retarded 1% that get recognized and not the 99% of hunters who did it responsibly and therefore you never hear about.

When I get bored hunting I go after squirrels at long range, way more sporting then fiber insulators.

 

[Kelavarus]

I live in Oregon and I am embarrassed as hell by this. Not a hunter personally, but really? This goes on in the State I live in? *sigh*

 

[Thunderfox]

Stupid inbred rednecks... throw them in prison.

 

[JOSHSKORN]

Hmm, I guess if you're seriously oldschool and are extremely against change and technology, you've gotta fight it somehow.

 

[Travis Beane]

I must say, one thing I miss about the country was some of the 1950s tractors that a couple of the local farmers still used.

Cross country skiing engineer to get to the job?
That man has won the game.

 

[godnodog]

It´s not open season yet, you jerks!!

 

[rantoc]

Its not like google can't afford to dig them down, why choose the least stable way for the vital connection? Its all about the green!

 

[Griffolion]

Next up: Steve Jobs caught shooting fibers for fun, told he was holding shotgun wrong.

 

[The_Trutherizer]

I am impressed with Google's spirit.

If I were them I'd play a bit of psychological warfare - Put up targets every where with hunters on them and the bulls eye on their crotches. That should intimidate them a bit. I mean image a hunter holding a gun seeing a target with a hunter on it and the bullseye on the crotch. Jeebers... They would be messed up for life. End up not coming within 2 miles of the sign probably.

 

[shizen]

rednecks just wanna have fun...

 

[Guest]

I could sort of imagine Google solving this by placing decoys (e.g. something that is more fun to shoot at than insulators) nearby, e.g. hanging under the lines. Fluffy toys, giant Bud cans or why not a couple of large Apples... uh I mean apples. //volley

 

[jalek]

The fiber insulators are probably a bit disappointing, they usually shoot the insulators on the 235kv power lines and watch the sparks fly.

It's been a problem all over the region for decades since the hydro projects are in secluded areas.

 

[g00fysmiley]

bring google fiber to tallahassee, i swear nobody here will shoot it heck we'll be in the streets parading and cheering... then on the phoens telling comcast where to go and what to do with the 1.5Mbs connection we actually get here (5Mbs average my ass, i've never gotten over 2)

 

[tommysch]

[citation][nom]Renegade_Warrior[/nom]Setup shielded high resolution cameras along with say 200 decibel alarms.Anytime someone shoots and hits the fiber, cameras or even the power lines, the sequence of video footage for the area in question would be flagged from the time of the incident to at least up to say a half hour worth of video before the incident occurred. If the cameras were not damaged, then an additional half hour of video would be flagged after the incident.At the same time, the alarm in the immediate vicinity could be set off for say about 5 to 10 minutes.Something like this would scare the crap out of the idiots shooting at utility lines. (Fiber, Power, etc.) Plus the video footage would give law enforcement a chance to identify and catch such idiots.The 200db alarms would mostly serve to discourage idiots from doing this in the first place cause after the first couple of times, peer pressure would prevent them from being so stupid.[/citation]

People should not shoot at those lines, but your solution would only give more targets to shoot at.