[73422] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: More telecommunication equipment thefts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ziggy David Lubowa)
Mon Aug 23 08:28:34 2004
From: "Ziggy David Lubowa" <ziggy@trueafrican.com>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>, nanog@merit.edu
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:29:03 +0400
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0408230207350.16954@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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
