> 99.99% of all these outages are due to screwing up something that already works
Fiber optic cables are a great technology, but they don't react well to being cut in half by a backhoe. Is the solution you are recommending that we stop using fiber optic cables, or that we stop using backhoes?
I feel a sense of karmic balance on backhoe fade myself, because after running networks for decades, I now own a backhoe. So far I've managed to dig up a power cable I forgot I laid to an outbuilding, and a coax satellite dish feeder.
