On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 02:12:29 -0400 (EDT), Sean Donelan wrote > Thieves recently stole expensive telecommunications equipment from 26 > sites in the city, temporarily knocking out service to thousands of > Comcast customers. > BY ALAN SKOLNICK > > In a caper eerily similar to the the theft of $200,000 worth of AT&T > Broadband equipment in 2000, high-tech thieves raided 26 outdoor amplifier > sites in Cooper City, causing as many as 14,000 Comcast customers to > lose cable service for up to two hours. [...] Thieves used the same > method to steal 11 amplifiers in The Landings in Pembroke Pines two > to three weeks ago, and there were prior thefts in Miramar. ''As > soon as we upgrade an area and put new equipment in, it seems to get > hit,'' Tamas said. [...]
++ wouldnt this pass off as sabotage by someone who actually knows the runnings of the business i.e competitors maybe :) . I know something similar happened in Congo where Supercell which is an MTN affiliate got their equipment robbed, now they in the process of closing down . A pretty big hit for a telco i believe. > > http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/states/florida/counties/browar d_county/9457328.htm?1c Regards David Ziggy Lubowa