The incident has impacted Optimum customers after fiber cables were cut
Suspected copper thieves have left 20,000 customers without Internet in Georgetown, Texas, this week.
Instead of trying to dig up copper cable, which can be profitable, the thieves damaged fiber optic cables belonging to fiber Internet provider Optimum.
04 Nov 2025
The big fightback
Regular attacks against telecoms infrastructure have got network operators fed up
As vandals caused mobile and Internet disruption for 12,000 customers
A fiber cut in Alberta has caused connectivity disruption
Thousands of Verizon users in West Texas and the Panhandle reported outages after a fiber cut. Verizon says crews are working to…
The soaring price of copper makes networks tempting targets for thieves.
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Government agencies and telecom operators are intensifying efforts to curb an estimated 27,000 fibre cable cuts nationwide,…
