[sdiy] The price of copper (you couldnt make this up!)

[jays at aracnet.com]

Yes.

There is a traffic bridge between Vancouver Washington and Portland Oregon that carries fiber. Within the last couple of years the thieves just did that. They thought they were stealing copper wire but in reality all they did was hack the fiber between the two towns.

Jay S.

Julian wrote:

> 
> My ADSL connection has just come back on here, and the phone line with it.
> 
> Its been off since yesterday, whilst the engineers have been replacing the phone lines.
> 
> 
> We're out of town here, and the phone lines are overland.  I can hardly believe it but somone actually saw fit to *steal* the phone 
> lines to our entire village!
> 
> Ive heard of thieves stealing road signs, and lead flushing from roofs, but this is the first time ive heard of them going for phone 
> lines!
> 
> 
> 
> Fiber optics - i know nothing about them - if the phone company fits them, are they going to be tempting to thieves also?
> 
> 
> Julian
> 
> Yeah, i know its off topic, but....
> 
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