Bored Hunters Are Shooting Down Google's Fibers

Google has had to switch from aerially deployed fiber to underground fiber for its Oregon data center after hunters decided to use the fiber insulators as target practice.

You're out hunting and you're not having much luck. No animals have happened past and you're getting extremely bored. What to do, what to do? How about using Google's fibers for target practice? According to IT News, network engineering manager for Google, Vijay Gill, last week told the AusNOG conference that people in Oregon were using the fiber insulators for target practice because they were bored. It's become such a problem that Google is moving its fibers underground.