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August 12, 2010 in Business, City
Cable theft cuts services to Comcast customers
The theft early today of fiber-optic cable lines left an estimated 5,000 to 7,000 Comcast customers in northeast Spokane without television, high-speed Internet and phone services.
Service was restored to all customers by 4 p.m. today, the company reported.
About 4:45 a.m., 300 feet of cable strung through a temporary location at a construction site for the North-South freeway project were cut and stolen, said Steve Kipp, vice president of communications for Comcast.
The cables contain no scrap metal value, Kipp said. “We believe the thieves may have mistaken the cables for copper,” he said in an e-mail.
The company won’t release the exact location of the theft, but it is filing a police report, Kipp said.
Normally the fiber lines would have been in a secure location buried in conduit several feet below ground, Kipp said. But due to freeway construction, these lines had to be located in a less secure, temporary location, he said.
The fiber-optic lines provide video, voice and data services to thousands of Comcast customers.
Updates on the status of repairs are being posted on Twitter at www.twitter.com/comcastwa and online at www.comcastinwashingtonstate.com.
The Comcast customer service number is (800) COMCAST.
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Orange on August 12 at 6:06 p.m.
And I hope that when the thieves are caught they’ll foot the bill. Hopefully not the customers.
spokanecougar on August 12 at 7:39 p.m.
Comcastic monopoly!!!
Spokane_Citizen on August 12 at 8:47 p.m.
Yes, Orange….that is the way of thieves; once caught they do the honorable thing, and ‘foot the bill’ for the people they just victimized. And if I told you wolverines make excellent pets, would you believe me?
Hcklbery on August 13 at 10:55 a.m.
Updates on the status of repairs are being posted on Twitter and online.
GREAT !!!
So as soon as the repairs were completed
THE PROGRESS OF THOSE REPAIRS CAN BE CHECKED BY THOSE EFFECTED.
YOU GOTTA LOVE IT.
WHO’S IN CHARGE OVER THERE AT COMCAST ?
A FORMER GOVT EMPLOYEE RETIRED ???
SOUNDS LIKE PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL IF CURRENT OFFICE HOLDERS ARE ANY MEASURE…