Today was a fun day. And by fun, I mean the complete polar opposite of fun...
Some ******* decided to steal our Main network trunk between our main site and the state capitol. Unfortunatly for them, it wasn't copper, but fiber optic cable. The large "THIS IS FIBER OPTIC CABLE" lettering on the side of the cable should have helped, but apperently less so in the dark, and so, they sawed through all 48 of them before they realized they weren't going to get to steal any copper and took off. We own the part that got cut, but our service is also attached partially through a telephone company who shall rename nameless but rhyles with Dentury stink, and they decided right away the problem was with their segment "don't worry, we found the problem, we'refixing it, we'll call you when its done, etc.". 4 hours after that, they decided the problem wasn't with their segment, and so we started looking for breaks again. Turns out a portion of our run that is normally buried is exposed due to road construction and rerouted where it is really easy to get at.
So yeah. If it was possible to make unknown someones explode with shere mental hatred, there would have been a spontanious copper stealer combustion occuring somewhere today in the area.