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==Backhoe fade==
"Backhoe fade" or "JCB fade" is a term coined by the telecommunications field to refer to accidental damage or complete severing of a communications cable by a backhoe or similar construction activity.<ref>{{cite web
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  |quote=Original source: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary, 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Urimindi |first=Reddy |title=Network Protection and Redundancy |work=(refer to 'backhoe fade') |publisher=Neptec Optical Solutions |year=2005 |url=http://www.nepopt.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=134 |access-date=2007-03-08 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930100606/http://www.nepopt.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=134 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }}
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The term is a play on other types of signal loss, especially on wireless networks. Most of these cause a reduction in the signal, such as [[rain fade]]. A cable subjected to "backhoe fade" is instead a sudden and initially inexplicable loss of signal experienced when a cable is accidentally dug up and damaged or cut.