Thieves that are after copper are instead damaging fiber cables, leading to outages

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Spectrum is offering up to a $25,000 reward for tips and information related to fiber cuts. The number to call is 833-404-8477.

Thieves targeting copper are damaging fiber cables, leading to outages

When a communications cable is cut, it can be hundreds of fiber lines serving thousands of customers. Fixing it has been described as putting spaghetti back together.

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