King Duck
join:2005-04-10
Elizabeth City, NC | Hmmmmm...
"The company said that someone vandalized the fiber-optic lines"
Time Warner have figured out how to send light down copper?
Quick!! Someone tell Verizon!
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Hall
Premium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH | Yeah, how much copper is in fiber optic cables ?? |
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mwf
join:2000-11-26
Granite Quarry, NC | Thieves are stupid
You're assuming thieve are smart.
Do away with places to sell scrap copper, this kind of crap would end. At least do what pawn shops do and require positive id from the sellers. |
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jc100
join:2002-04-10
| It Pays.. But risk is real
A Thief here electrocuted himself when trying to steal copper from a power line. However, from their perspective it pays to take the risk. At 3.50 dollars a pound, 50 pounds will yield you a weeks worth of work (at minimum wage) for a few hours of stealing. Figure this: 7 dollars an hour x 30 hrs a week = 210 Dollars. Less 30 percent for taxes and you got 150 dollars. A thief who is desperate for money doesn't care about the 10's of thousands in damage her or she causes. Merely, they think about the quick pay day. I guarantee you most people doing this are NOT your well employed people. They are either kids looking for a quick buck or adults that want to get some extra money. Either way, it's wrong, but that's my guess on their rationale. |
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jjsk8r85
join:2005-02-17
Belleville, MI
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Re: Thieves are stupid
I've scrapped metal before (steel and stainless steel from work:P) here in michigan, and any place that i've been to requires only a social security number, name, and address, but doesn't cross check the information you write down to anything else. someone could fill out the form like this:
Big Bird
123 Sesame Street
Nowhere, USA
SS#: 123-456-7890
and no one would ever know the difference. |
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vpoko
Premium
join:2003-07-03
Jamaica Plain, MA
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Re: It Pays.. But risk is real
said by jc100  :I guarantee you most people doing this are NOT your well employed people. That's about the safest prediction I've seen here. |
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rayeger
join:2003-07-05
North Royalton, OH | reply to Hall
Re: Hmmmmm...
The people who cut the fiber probably didnt know it wasnt copper until after they cut it, especially if it was inside a conduit under a bridge. |
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juicelee
Premium
join:2000-12-04
Hacienda Heights, CA
clubs:   | reply to King Duck
Well if the thieves managed to steal copper along with that fiber, TW might as well replace it all with optical lines. |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD | reply to jjsk8r85
Re: Thieves are stupid
Any place caught with forms filled out that way should be shut down for impropper record keeping. |
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Subaru
1-3-2-4
Premium
join:2001-05-31
Greenwich, CT
clubs: | lets hit the power lines
I want to see 25,000V hit that body thats going to make him dance |
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raythompsontn
join:2001-01-11
Oliver Springs, TN
| said by Subaru :I want to see 25,000V hit that body thats going to make him dance The only dancing that you would see would be the smoke dancing in the breeze after the cretin is fried. |
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madrhino
join:2004-07-03
 ·Verizon FIOS
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Re: Thieves are stupid
said by mwf :You're assuming thieve are smart. Do away with places to sell scrap copper, this kind of crap would end. Then what do the small plumbers,aluminum window installers,electricians and contractors who have been selling scrap for years before the price shot up do?
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CrazyFingers
join:2003-10-01
Columbia, MO
| reply to moonpuppy
said by moonpuppy :Any place caught with forms filled out that way should be shut down for impropper record keeping. Yes, impropper recordd keepping is a terribble scourgge on our societty.
Whenn, oh WHENN will it endd? |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| said by CrazyFingers :said by moonpuppy :Any place caught with forms filled out that way should be shut down for impropper record keeping. Yes, impropper recordd keepping is a terribble scourgge on our societty. Whenn, oh WHENN will it endd? They already shut down pawn shops here for bad record keeping since they like to accept stolen property.  |
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EGeezer
Go Bobcats
Premium
join:2002-08-04
Country!
 ·Callcentric
 ·RoadRunner Cable
·AT&T CallVantage
| reply to King Duck
Re: Hmmmmm...
said by King Duck :"The company said that someone vandalized the fiber-optic lines" Time Warner have figured out how to send light down copper? Quick!! Someone tell Verizon! Time Warner knew there was no copper inside the wires, but the geniuses who rripped off the cable most likely didn't. They probably got a nice surprise when they stripped the sheathing off and found - plastic
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smcallah
join:2004-08-05
Home | reply to juicelee
Yeah, because they can splice in fiber in the middle of copper lines, and that will work with the equipment on either end of the copper. |
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Hall
Premium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH | reply to rayeger
At the original story, in the comments, someone did say there's copper in those lines but a very small amount. As you say though, it's "wire" and normally safe to assume copper or aluminum. |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
Premium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to mwf
Re: Thieves are stupid
even for legit work id refuse my SSN to a scrap yard and go somewhere else. this day in age how can i be sure of their security measures.
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Ream0
@rr.com
| And If Their Caught
...The judge will give them a tiny pat on the butt and send them off with probation. If this happened in Los Angeles and you saw it happen and dialed 911,you would see the LAPD show up three hours later,then jump out of the squad car with guns drawn!
The Rewards a little flaky too!
"leading to the arrest and conviction" So if the prosecuting,Government employed jackoff, attorney fucks up the case you'll lose your reward. |
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toadlife
Premium
join:2004-05-03
Lemoore, CA
·AT&T Yahoo
| reply to jc100
Re: It Pays.. But risk is real
said by jc100 :They are either kids looking for a quick buck or adults that want to get some extra money. Either way, it's wrong, but that's my guess on their rationale. The people that steal copper are mostly meth addicts looking to score some crank.
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