Fiber optic cable cuts are not always intentional. More often than not, the damage to a network is accidental and happens during construction work. There are countless cases of municipal workers damaging fiber while digging thei. Fiber optic cable cuts are not always intentional. More often than not, the damage to a network is accidental and happens during construction work. There are countless cases of municipal workers damaging fiber while digging their way to a burst public water supply pipe or homeowners severing cables while installing a fence around their property. An. Animals, especially wild and stray ones, tend to eat everything they encounter. And fiber optic cables are no exception. Squirrels, rats, dogs, bears and even monkeys, depending on the location, are not exactly opposed to an exquisite fiber optic appetizer, sometimes causing services outages that affect entire cities and thousands of people. In all. As humanity has learned over thousands of years, Earth's natural forces can be unstoppable. However, it's not only the ancient temples and other historical places that can fall victim to extreme weather and natural disasters. So can fiber optic installations. Strong wind, rain, snow, hail and even an earthquake can easily sever fiber optic connecto. If animals like to eat things, we humans like to break things – at least some of us. Vandalism is yet another common cause of fiber optic line cuts. In fact, the FCCestimated that between 2007 and 2014 there were over 1,200 intentional attacks on telecom infrastructure. It's hard to pinpoint the motivation behind such acts of vandalism – whether it. The last but not least most common cause of fiber cuts is fire. We had to point it out as a separate cause, as fire damage can take many forms and have various origins. First, there are wildfires, which fall more into the category of natural disasters. Sadly, there is little you can do to prevent damage to a fiber optic network if a wildfire is rav.
