Joe wrote: > On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 21:50:47 +0100 > mick crane <mick.cr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I have wondered about this, the actual infrastructure. I've noticed > > that the fiber optic cable is in places strung along with the > > electricity pylons. > > Presumably if you could somehow attach to that then you could be > > anybody ? > > > > Fibre is point-to-point, and any interference with it will cause a > significant drop in received signal, which will be investigated.
And it will be located swiftly, thanks to time-domain reflectrometry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_time-domain_reflectometer
