They're just now figuring this out?

The Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville led to phone and data service outages and disruptions over hundreds of miles in the southern U.S., raising new concerns about the vulnerability of U.S. communications. 

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Hell, for a couple days afterwards, it was almost like being back in the 1980s and 90s - nobody was walking into traffic staring at their phones, people were paying with cash, and strangers were actually making eye contact and talking with each other.