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[Nick Danger]

tapping into, fiber optic cable. This is a very tricky task, considering the high voltage running through the cable

[Unknown Freeper]

bump for later read

[backhoe]

Just FYI, FWIW... for a couple of years, the stretch of I-95 between Savannah and the King's Bay sub base has undergone a vast widening and upgrading, and one of the things that stood out was that they were laying large quantities of thick, multicolored underground cable of some sort. I have been told this is fibreoptic cable. To what purpose, I have no idea, but it's in place now.

[infocats]

American intelligence agencies have less trouble getting information, than in finding ways to store it. This situation changed in the 1990s as fiber optic cable became the cheapest way to move huge amounts of electronic data at the speed of light.

In a slightly different take, while moving and storing data rapidly is necessary, it is not sufficient. Where we fall very short is in the analysis end, where collected data often sits for days / month / years wanting for analysis and interpretation.

[HiTech RedNeck]

this is, of course, known as "jimmying" the cable