This invention provides a method of extracting geothermal energy, generally comprising the steps of: insertion of a thermal mass into a Heat Absorption Zone, absorbing heat in thermal mass, raising the thermal mass to a Heat Transfer Zone, and transferring the heat from the thermal mass. The apparatus has an electrode and processing circuitry by which a voltage applied in electrical circuit with the electrode causes an electric arc to be struck between the electrode and an adjacent workpiece to generate the heat necessary for brazing. The action that is taken may be in the form of at least one mitigation solution, including mitigating by packet fragmentation, mitigating by changing the wireless network’s current operating frequency, mitigating by changing a power level, mitigating by transmit dodging, andor mitigating by pre-selecting at least one transmission criterion based on an observed pattern. When a tunnel action is, subsequently, identified in response to the packet parameters, the tunnel action is also pushed onto the pending stack.