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It's probably not in this case but i wonder if this ATT was a special surveillance nexus...

I think it's most likely the bomb wasn't meant to target anything, but was just some person's outlet

Edit: i wasn't saying, "nuclear protection probably wasn't the case", i was saying, "the comment I'm about to make probably isn't the case but"... I know it's unclear

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It’s a collection point of domestic VOIP for the FAIRVIEW program.

Nice find!

I stayed up late looking at network maps/etc trying to figure out any special features of the location, this was the only thing I could find. Likely coincidence, possibly not, but very high chance many people at 3-letter orgs have had a busy 24 hours as they also need to rule out some of the more exotic motives.

Where do you find such maps? I've looked before and it seems like a lot of the useful information isn't public

Lot of Snowden files still out there.

This is a relic of the cold war. Most of AT&T's telecom buildings were designed to be able to withstand just about everything except a direct nuclear strike.

While services were impacted, none of the actual infrastructure was really damaged and they likely just need to repair the lines running up to the building.

TLDR: AT&T's telecom infra is a relic of the cold war and is designed to withstand almost any type of attack.

Underrated comment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A

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