U.K. internet provider’s bailout cancelled because rats chewed through its fiber optic cables — biodegradable cable jackets use soy- or corn-based materials, attracting hungry rats

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1. Some car manufacturers also use cheap wires with animal fats in the cable jackets. Attracts animals such as foxes, cost us £100s.

   Should be illegal, or they should have to disclose it in their product specification. 

2. Good job network stuff is not critical infrastructure. Luxury, innit.

   Now let’s spend tens of billions bombing Iran. Much better use of our taxes.

3. Makes sense, rats and foxes love the stuff. Im always replacing cables due to pest damage

4. Because you want to protection on your network infrastructure to be biodegradable so the environment it’s protecting the cables from actually destroys it.