<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><br></div><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div class="WordSection1"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D">Very likely related to the outage incident you told us about a few weeks back –</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D"><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/09/more-california-fiber-optic-cable-severed-as-att-offers-250k-reward/" target="_blank">http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/09/more-california-fiber-optic-cable-severed-as-att-offers-250k-reward/</a></span></span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#1F497D"></span></span></p></div><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><div><h1><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-size:24.0pt">More California fiber optic cable severed as AT&T offers 250K reward</span></span></b></h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><img border="0" width="640" height="480" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://web.mail.comcast.net/service/home/~/?auth=co&id=2041530&part=2" src="https://web.mail.comcast.net/service/home/~/?auth=co&id=2041530&part=2"></span></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://secure.flickr.com/photos/amenagement_numerique/3672448542/in/photolist-6Awg1j-44ktBD-mqP3zL-bmHpp6-bmHpuc-bmHprz-bmHpmM-oCCFap-bmHpiV-oCqdEy-5izJEW-dDzt6B-dDz1C6-dDz2tP-dDER63-dDz3pv-JvHxX-dDEPph-dDEx5q-dDEQ5Y-dDyYwa-dDEoSq-dDEod3-2Ndhie-4nmeLR-4qFg1h-hT9yed-mU8Q82-a7W22E-2JiZRa-2JjEGX-4FUrox-a8vWpU-a7W2jE-a7W2Nm-4a95ty-dgZGnB-a8HD3f-cdDuMb-vFdWbU-NhE1s-8GKRq-dgZGp6-2JiTt2-4rUkAG-4mna7U-adkWW-5ZSbTs-adie9-d1ayq1" target="_blank">PAN ANT</a></span></span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Two more fiber optic cable lines were severed in California, bringing the number of attacks on data lines in California since July 2014 to 16, the FBI said on Wednesday.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The FBI is investigating what AT&T <a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/ATT-Offers-250000-Reward-for-Information-on-Fiber-Vandalism-in-Livermore-327849911.html" target="_blank">said</a> were fiber cuts at two different manholes in Livermore, just southeast of San Francisco late Monday. Internet service in the region was curtailed until crews repaired the damage Wednesday morning.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">"It's something the FBI is taking very seriously," bureau spokeswoman Michele Ernst told <span class="SpellE">Ars</span> in a telephone interview.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">AT&T said it is offering a $250,000 reward to capture whoever is responsible for sabotaging a part of the area's Internet infrastructure.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The authorities suspect that the vandals, who operate at night, may be posing as telecom workers. All the while, <a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/07/california-fiber-optic-cable-vandalism-continues-unabated/" target="_blank">the sabotage</a> continues unabated.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The affected lines are about as thick as a finger and are covered with flexible conduit. They often carry Internet, television and phone calls. The cuts have been performed in areas where there are no security cameras.</span></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:4.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable mceItemTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white" style="width:100.0%;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:white;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">cas</span></span></b></strong><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"> | <a href="https://www.listbox.com/member/?&" target="_blank" title=""><span style="color: #669933;"><span style="color:#669933;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Modify</span></span></a> Your Subscription</span></span></p></td><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.listbox.com" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none;text-underline:none"><img border="0" id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://postlink.www.listbox.com/1957723/3379085af0f1cf7fc3708f04b4471ae2/7008223/594e4548.png?uri=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGlzdGJveC5jb20vaW1hZ2VzL2xpc3Rib3gtbG9nby1zbWFsbC5wbmc" src="http://postlink.www.listbox.com/1957723/3379085af0f1cf7fc3708f04b4471ae2/7008223/594e4548.png?uri=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGlzdGJveC5jb20vaW1hZ2VzL2xpc3Rib3gtbG9nby1zbWFsbC5wbmc"></span></a></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br><br clear="all"><br>-- </span></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Warm regards,<br>Hugh H. 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