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Verizon Central Office Heist Spoiled By 911 Outage

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-exactly-ocean's-11-here dept.

Qbans writes with a link the NYTimes story on a foiled robbery attempt at a Verizon Central Office in White Plains, New York, snipping "The plan seemed simple enough. The building had been cased and the burglars knew exactly what they wanted - advanced computer circuit panels that could be sold on the black market for hundreds of thousands of dollars." Qbans points out that this story parallels a previous story on how equipment was (successfully) stolen last May. Update: 11/27 22:01 GMT by T : Reader Dave C contributes a link to coverage at the registration-free JournalNews.com.

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  1. And... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...this is why I use T-Mobile.

    1. Re:And... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      "Good evening!"
      - Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

      Attn mods: I posted a quote by Jon Stewart. You are now obligated to mod me way the hell up.

    2. Re:And... by rekoil · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Wrong. T-Mobile is a division of Deutche Telekom.

  2. woo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wo0

  3. please by LWolenczak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This was on NANOG at like 8am. Subscribe to NANOG for the latest networking news.

    Nanog.. News for Network Geeks.

  4. OT:please by Tokerat · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Yeah, and the helium from the moon story was on Fark yesterday at like 8PM....Slash has been slow lately I guess?

    --
    CAn'T CompreHend SARcaSm?
  5. How about... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How about the foiled attempt of the New York Times trying to heist my personal information in exchange for the article?

    1. Re:How about... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic



      Wow, somebody whining about NYT registration.

  6. slashdotted the new york times.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    just got a timeout at port 80..

    Bloody slashdot, now I miss the opportunity to decline to sign up for an account...

  7. Re:Specifics! by thenewcloo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    what the?