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Re: Copper wire thefts increase 139% in one California county
From: Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2023 19:37:55 +0200
On 7/1/23 18:52, Michael Thomas wrote:
It's been happening here in Amador County as well mostly from yahoos from Stockton. They're taking out fiber too probably inadvertently.
In our neck of the woods, it's not uncommon for copper thieves to set fire to wires to see what's left. Often, it's a network outage, since they are unaware that the majority of wires lining manholes is not copper.
Mark.
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- Copper wire thefts increase 139% in one California county Sean Donelan (Jul 01)
- Re: Copper wire thefts increase 139% in one California county Michael Thomas (Jul 01)
- Re: Copper wire thefts increase 139% in one California county Mark Tinka (Jul 01)
- Re: Copper wire thefts increase 139% in one California county Michael Thomas (Jul 01)