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The phone company AT&T says it counted more than 10,400 incidents of copper wire theft last year, some 4,000 of which were in California.
In Northern California this year, the company says the numbers are up sharply.
AT&T West President Susan Santana says the company has been bolting down manholes, putting alarms in spans of wire, hiring security guards, and is even offering money for information that leads to arrests.
The company runs a legacy copper wire network that she says serves only about 3% of its customers.
AT&T is hoping to shift customers to other options, although it says state law is holding it back.
AT&T recently filed suit against California to be able to wind down its century-old copper wire network and take away a big target of would-be copper thieves.
The phone company AT&T says it counted more than 10,400 incidents of copper wire theft last year, some 4,000 of which were in California.
In Northern California this year, the company says the numbers are up sharply.
AT&T West President Susan Santana says the company has been bolting down manholes, putting alarms in spans of wire, hiring security guards, and is even offering money for information that leads to arrests.
The company runs a legacy copper wire network that she says serves only about 3% of its customers.
AT&T is hoping to shift customers to other options, although it says state law is holding it back.
AT&T recently filed suit against California to be able to wind down its century-old copper wire network and take away a big target of would-be copper thieves.
The phone company AT&T says it counted more than 10,400 incidents of copper wire theft last year, some 4,000 of which were in California.
In Northern California this year, the company says the numbers are up sharply.
AT&T West President Susan Santana says the company has been bolting down manholes, putting alarms in spans of wire, hiring security guards, and is even offering money for information that leads to arrests.
The company runs a legacy copper wire network that she says serves only about 3% of its customers.
AT&T is hoping to shift customers to other options, although it says state law is holding it back.
AT&T recently filed suit against California to be able to wind down its century-old copper wire network and take away a big target of would-be copper thieves.