The sale of an internet provider has hit a snag after a rival company were put off by rats chewing through the cables. Seriously.
Everyone has experienced annoying internet issues at some point. Slow speeds ca come because of different reasons, be it weather-affected or because somebody accidentally damaged the wire during repairs.
In the UK, internet service provider G.Network has had a sale to rival company Community Fibre ruled out. G.Network, which only operates in London, has been placed into administration due to debts of £300 million.
According to The Telegraph, the internet service provider has less than 25,000 customers, too, meaning administrators have been able to call it in and search for a deal elsewhere. Community Fibre was supposed to be behind that rescue deal; however, that isn’t going to be the case.
Rats eat “very tasty” internet cables
As per the report, Community Fibre have dropped out of the deal because of rats chewing their way through G.Network’s biodegradable cables.
“Rodents like ducts and they like fibres which are very tasty,” Community Fibre chief executive Graeme Oxby told The Telegraph. “It’s not something we’ve been particularly interested in because we think it’s got quite a lot of structural issues and would be quite an expensive fix.”
As Tom’s Hardware pointed out, these biodegradable cables use soy-based and corn-based materials, which make them incredibly potent for rats.
The cables are apparently “very tasty” for rats
G.Network promises gigabit internet for £29 per month, and despite the move to administration, is still delivering that for customers in London.
Rats chewing through cables isn’t the strangest reason for an internet outage that we’ve seen, either.
Back in October, in Dallas, Texas, 25,000 Spectrum customers were left without internet because of a stray bullet that pierced a fiber optic cable. They were unable to get online for around three hours before technicians rectified things.
