Over $1 million in losses have been reported as dozens of pieces of equipment that provide internet and telephone services to ...

The theft of copper wiring caused delays in getting some phone lines and internet back up and running, Comcast says.

There are different rules in different states on selling scrap copper. A 2023 inquiry found that makes it hard to stop ...

Some residents in Chatsworth have been without internet and phone service for two weeks due to a major outage caused by copper theft. Michael Updegraff, a resident affected by the outage, expressed ...

When copper thieves strike, the consequences ripple throughout our communities. When a communications line is stolen or vandalized, it doesn’t just impact the provider. It disrupts the ability of ...

Joshua Westervelt faces felony charges for the theft of copper wire from AT&T, causing significant service disruptions.

It was the third interruption to Triple Zero access over Optus’s network in as many months, with human error blamed for a ...

San Jose has documented about 2,200 incidents since last June and repaired 1,500 of those since then. But there's still a backlog of about 700 outages.

Copper cable theft syndicates are wreaking havoc on South Africa’s infrastructure, costing the economy an estimated R7-billion annually in direct losses alone and plunging households, businesses and ...

SILICON VALLEY LEADERS are filling utility boxes with sand, running undercover stings and devoting entire municipal teams to repairing copper wire as ...

‘Direct threat’: BC Hydro asks for vigilance amid spike in copper cable thefts, including in Dawson Creek FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — BC Hydro is warning the public of a drastic increase involving the theft ...