The MAYA-1 undersea fiber-optic cable system, which runs from Hollywood, FL to Tolu, Colombia and lands at Cancun (Mexico), Puerto Cortes (Honduras), Puerto Limon (Costa Rica), Half Moon Bay (Cayman Islands), and Maria Chiquita (Panama), was shut down at midnight this morning. The MAYA-1 undersea fiber-optic cable system, which runs from Hollywood, FL to Tolu, Colombia and lands at Cancun (Mexico), Puerto Cortes (Honduras), Puerto Limon (Costa Rica), Half Moon Bay (Cayman Islands), and Maria Chiquita (Panama), was shut down at midnight this morning. Six men have been arrested for the attempted theft of fiber optic cable from a train station in Bogotá. As reported by El Tiempo, the men were caught with 54 meters (177 feet) of rubberized cable, valued at more than seven million pesos ($1,738), and the heavy-duty tools they used to cut the. Fiber optic cables are the backbone of modern communications, delivering high-speed data over long distances with minimal loss. However, in real-world installations, whether underground, aerial, or in harsh industrial environments, fiber cables can and do fail. The man was discovered early Tuesday morning beneath a TransMilenio station in the Teusaquillo area. While a small percentage, we can examine the “intrinsic” cable failures and what is done to prevent them.