Some Londoners Cut Off As Failed Copper Thieves Take Fiber

judgecorp writes "About 37,000 Sky broadband and phone customers lost their connection, as incompetent copper thieves raided BT's infrastructure... and took fibre. Some scrap metal dealers will pay £4 per kg for stolen copper cables, but there is no dark market for fibre, so the thieves didn't make anything — which might be some small consolation to customers, some of whom had to wait for two days for BT to repair the inaccessible cables."

Comments

Re:There's a solution you know

[Kaenneth]

Destruction of public infrastructure should be it's own, separate charge, on top of the theft.

Re:So high in Fiber, You'll crap rainbows!

[rhook]

PITA? The splicer does most of the work for you.

Re:There's a solution you know

[ShaunC]

"Her Majesty's Bugger-Me-Arse Bin."

Re:There's a solution you know

[Trepidity]

Destruction of public infrastructure is not only not a separate charge in the UK, there is even a whole party that advocates for it!