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Vandals cut fiber-optic lines, causing outage for Spectrum Internet subscribers

Vandals cut fiber-optic lines, causing outage for Spectrum Internet subscribers

Copper theft remains a significant issue across multiple sectors, including telecoms, due to its increasing value and extensive use in infrastructure. It can disrupt services and lead to high repair costs. Spectrum is now offering a $25,000 reward to combat the ongoing vandalism, while AT&T replaced its copper networks with fiber ones in 2021 due in part to ongoing copper theft.

Source: arstechnica.com –

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