WA Comcast Fiber Communications Cable Cut to 20,000 customers

WA Comcast Fiber Communications Cable Cut to 20,000 customers ---
tags: Timeline 2014, Wire Theft, sabotage,Energy Incidents, communications infrastructure

affected: 20,000 customers affected for 1 day
April 24, 2014 WA Comcast Fiber Communications Cable Cut Thieves or sabotage agents stole or just destroyed 200 feet of fiber optic cable from power poles in Snohomish County, Washington north of Seattle, leaving more than 20,000 Comcast customers without service. Homes and business customers lost television, internet and phone service. Company spokesman Steve Kipp thinks thieves might have thought it was copper wire. Nobody suspects it could be like the attack on the substation in San Jose where 2 or more men went down a manhole to sever optic communication lines while they shot holes in a nearby substation.

similar: April 17, 2013  Rifle Shoots Silicon Valley Substation and Fiber Optic Cable Cut At 1:46 a.m six commandos were involved when more than 100 gunshots were heard for 19 minutes when a sniper used a high powered AK-47 type 7.62mm rifle was used to damage 17 giant transformers and 6 circuit breakers at the Metcalf power substation in South San Jose / Silicon Valley in what was initially very little press coverage until nearly a year later. Just a quarter hour before, phone lines and fiber optic cables belonging to AT and T about a half-mile away were cut as part of the operation as at least two men had to lift a heavy manhole cover.

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2. Police: Wire thieves cut service to 20000 Comcast customers

   KIRO Seattle ‎- 20 hours ago

   Police: Wire thieves cut service to 20000 Comcast customers. ... Thieves stole 200 feet of fiber optic cable from power poles in Snohomish ...
3. Thieves stole 200 feet of fiber optic cable from power poles in Snohomish County leaving more than 20,000 Comcast customers without service Thursday, the company said.

   The theft happened about 3 a.m. Thursday.

   Comcast says customers lost television, internet and phone service. But the crooks didn’t get what they were looking for. Company spokesman Steve Kipp thinks thieves might have thought it was copper wire

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