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Thieves Steal Half-Mile of Copper, Kill Landline Service for Hundreds
A gang of what must have been highly trained, professional thieves, or just a crew of unruly roustabouts, reportedly stole a half-mile length of underground copper tubing in Alfriston, England. According to the BBC, the removal of the cable early Wednesday morning resulted in the loss of landline phone service for 800 local residents and businesses.Officials believe that the perps dressed in what appeared to be road-crew work uniforms, accessed the cable through manholes, and then pulled up the heavy and "extremely dangerous" live cable using a vehicle of some sort. Actual workers replaced the cable and restored phone service by Thursday night at an estimated cost of almost $75,000.
Officials with phone provider British Telecom said they offered to divert calls to people's mobiles, but did not address how many actually took them up on the offer. There has also been no word from the people affected, which poses the philosophical question, "If a gang yanks up a long, heavy copper cable with a car, but no one uses landlines anymore, do the thieves make a sound?" Or, will anyone even notice? [From: The BBC]
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Subscribe to commentsmatyNov 1st 2009 3:36PM
Glad I'm on fibre optic, for my TV, phone and internet. That sucks.
RustyreggaeNov 1st 2009 3:51PM
Lol, this is normal in South Africa. The buggers are always nicking the telephone lines there to melt down and resell. Africa hey!!
PsycrosNov 1st 2009 11:27PM
This kind of thing is epidemic where I live, but they just steal it off overhead lines in the dead of night. Guess the British always have to be a little more sophisticated.
jenesis227Nov 2nd 2009 5:28AM
Guess it's bad everywhere economy-wise, huh? Seems like a little too much hard labor involved in this heist. Hope it was worth it to the thieves. I'm sure the phone service provider will recoup their losses by up'ing the cost of phone service. Business is as business does. What a world we live in.