[guenthert]

Why should 30k people pay for redundancy just because a few loons can't keep their shooting to the range (or have guns in the first place)?

[Hizonner]

Because redundancy is a basic expectation for an infrastructure service, not an add-on extra.

There are a million other things that can also take out a cable. Maybe it's OK for that to knock out 1000 subscribers, if it can be fixed quickly, No way is it OK for it to knock out 30000 subscribers.

[_trampeltier]

A truck also could hit a pole or something like that.

[throwaway0a5e]

Because if it's not someone with a gun it'll be an errant semi truck on ice or something else.