Fiber-seeking backhoe

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fiber-seeking backhoe
Derivation: Common among backbone ISP personnel


fiber-seeking backhoe:

[common among backbone ISP personnel] Any of a genus of large, disruptive machines which routinely cut critical backbone links, creating Internet outages and packet over air problems.

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Source: fiber-seeking backhoe, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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