Cable shortage

[mhammett]

From a tower worker group on FaceBook

 

 

 

Rumor is there's no hybrid cable left in the United States for sprint ! Anybody has some we can borrow @ faith technologies Appleton WI!!!!

 

 

 

 

Its on backorder in my market. Got 2 sites the thieves hit and no cable to replace it with

 

[SpenceSouth]

Well this was an unexpected turn of events... 

 

[dedub]

Must be the work of big red or the deathstar!

[The Dave]

Are thieves climbing the poles or are they stealing them from the ground prior to being installed?

[peteyz24]

Idiots will steal anything that isn't bolted down as well as some things that are.

[Geesmill]

Idiots will steal anything that isn't bolted down as well as some things that are.

We had an outage three months ago where a couple of winners stole a bucket truck from a cable contractor and attempted to steal a fiber cable lashed to a messenger wire. At the point they realized it was fiber and not copper the left it laying on the ground. In broad day light with witneses across the road.

 

Brilliance in action.

[bakedc4]

The power plant being built down the road has had over a million dollars worth of copper wire stolen.

 

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[Cubbiefan82]

I really hate when things like this happen, Why cant everyone get a job and stop stealing. I sometimes work two jobs at time, yea it is hard and don't have much free time. But it is honest and fair.

[Cubbiefan82]

It also hurts others who need network vision done and is slowing them down. Now what would be funny for the guys who did this, not the guys in that area. Is if they had sprint and complained about service, well genius. If u didnt steal the cable u could have awesome sprint service lol

[Steve Dean]

What ever happened to the traditional thief that robbed a bank or held up a liquor store?  If they get caught, they are going to have the same penalties.  Just one less step of selling your stolen goods in order to get your money.

[cupcak3]

Who makes these cables?