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Re:Level 3 technician's misstep causes largest telephone out... by twic on Monday March 19, 2018 @12:05PM (#16619462)
> There's crossover between the rubber tires and fiber optics, apparently

Nokia also started as a rubber company:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Nokia

They got into telecommunications by buying a cable works. I don't know if that was just random empire-building, or if there are material connections between cables and rubber. I suppose you need a lot of rubber to insulate the cables.

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