A decent high leverage cable cutter costs under $50 and cuts through fibre like butter. A few seconds at each point where fibre is accessible is all that's nee

A decent high leverage cable cutter costs under $50 and cuts through fibre like butter. A few seconds at each point where fibre is accessible is all that's needed to do damage that costs hundreds to thousands of dollars to fix. Damage a cable in multiple locations and it's pretty easy to create a 24+ hour outage as repair crews won't know the extent of damage until multiple repairs are made. Physical telecom infrastructure is really easy for a determined attacker to take out of service, and if they're wearing an orange vest, nobody will think twice to question them.