An attempted — and unsuccessful — copper theft in Van Nuys caused a widespread internet outage Sunday affecting swaths of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, a Spectrum spokesman confirmed to ...

Thieves cut fiber lines in failed copper theft, causing Spectrum outage More thefts linked to rising copper prices, say telecoms By Daniel Sims June 17, 2025, 6:15 20 comments.

Charter Communications reports Missouri is facing a 200% rise in fiber cable vandalism, causing major Spectrum outages and ...

AT&T is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of people who are stealing and selling copper cable in Shasta County.

LA Times Today: More than 80 arrested in copper wire theft crackdown Watch L.A. Times Today at 7 p.m. on Spectrum News 1 on Channel 1 or live stream on the Spectrum News App. Palos Verdes ...

Thefts of copper cables used by AT&T and Spectrum service providers are spiking. Fort Worth police want Texas lawmakers to crack down. Wire thieves leave Fort Worth neighborhoods with no internet ...