Copper wire thefts increase 139% in one California county

Sat Jul 1 17:37:55 UTC 2023

On 7/1/23 18:52, Michael Thomas wrote:

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> 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.