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TROP?
Interesting. I heard about this early this morning on a radio news station when the AP reported it as “accidental”. My bullcrap detector nearly deafened me when it went off. Thanks for posting this.
Homeless residence of San Fran looking for mungo, somebody tell them “thars no copper in them thar lines”
I’ve been incommunicado all day (except for teh Intarwebz).
Verizon: OUT.
T-Mobile: OUT.
AT&T land line: OUT.
I hope they catch & prosecute whoever did this.
It happened in Tulsa, OK a few years ago. A jerk with a chainsaw got into the wiring system.
This happened right around the time it was announced that Russia and China have penetrated our grid.
Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226893/posts
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$250,000 reward in phone cable vandalism (Union denies involvement)
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 4-11-09 | John Coté,Michael Taylor, Chronicle Staff Writers
Posted on April 11, 2009 3:52:50 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
Authorities hope a quarter-million-dollar reward will shake loose a tipster to lead them to the vandals who severed underground fiber-optic cables, cutting off phone service for tens of thousands of people and disrupting life throughout southern Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties.
Investigators said Friday they are tracking down at least 10 leads and reviewing traffic-camera footage taken near one of four sites where the cables were cut Thursday in hopes of a breakthrough.[snip]
Contract talks
The sabotage in the South Bay came as AT&T was negotiating with the Communications Workers of America for a contract covering more than 80,000 employees, who have been working under their old pact since it expired Sunday.
“We are working under an expired contract and are prepared to strike at any time, which makes the timing of this vandalism difficult for us,” said Libby Sayre, a regional director for the union.
“Neither the union nor its members are involved in this in any way,” she said. “Our members spend their lives keeping up the equipment. We’re confident they didn’t do this.”................”
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