If a war against communications facilities were to break out, the scope of disruption would be such as to put us not far out of the Stone Age. The fragile glass network must seem very exposed to military planners; one imagines that contingency plans are always being drawn up and gamed out - likely at this very moment.

Is this a "shears in the meet-me room" scenario or do you have the cooperation of DE-CIX? If the former, how do you know which of the numerous unlabeled little yellow wires to snip?