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Some Londoners Cut Off As Failed Copper Thieves Take Fiber

Posted by timothy on from the friday-the-13th dept.

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."

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  1. Re:There's a solution you know by Kaenneth · · Score: 5, Insightful

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

  2. Re:There's a solution you know by ShaunC · · Score: 4, Insightful

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

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    Thanks to the War on Drugs, it's easier to buy meth than it is to buy cold medicine!