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Phone line cut in 'attempted copper theft' says BT

4:46pm Wednesday 8th September 2010 in


A PHONE line was cut in an attempted copper theft which left more than 200 homes without phone and internet access, BT has confirmed.

BT spokesman Emma Littlewood told the Bucks Free Press today that a cable in Amersham Hill, High Wycombe, was slashed in the early hours of Tuesday.

The company believe it was an attempted copper theft, she said.

The cable has the capacity to cater for up to 1200 homes but the communications firm said just over 200 customers had reported a fault.

Work is currently ongoing to restore phone lines to the affected area but residents are not expected to be able to surf the internet or make landline calls until Friday.

Temporary traffic lights have been set up on Amersham Hill while repairs are carried out.

Brands Hill Avenue resident Richard Atkinson told the BFP that he was awoken at around 2am yesterday by his alarm which is connected to the phone line.

He said: “I went outside and the a lot of the neighbours were outside looking around. We notified BT and a team came out today.

“It's a bit of pain, it doesn't affect me too much, but I know a number of people here who work from home and this has left them a little stuck.”

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Comments(6)

Ewartwhatyoubulldoze says...
6:47pm Wed 8 Sep 10

Why was a copper attempting to steal the phone cable? Shouldn't he have been busy filling in forms and dealing with red tape back at the Station instead?

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MCarey says...
6:54pm Wed 8 Sep 10

are those people still out there looking around? Richard Atkinson's comments crack me up! it sounds like he is describing zombies in a horror movie

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Voyeur says...
7:09pm Wed 8 Sep 10

I received a text message from my telephone provider TalkTalk at 8.12 am this morning telling me that engineers had checked my line and there was nothing wrong with it.
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Funny - that was the reason I did not report it.

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Ewartwhatyoubulldoze says...
9:28pm Wed 8 Sep 10

Voyeur wrote:
I received a text message from my telephone provider TalkTalk at 8.12 am this morning telling me that engineers had checked my line and there was nothing wrong with it.
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Funny - that was the reason I did not report it.
Is that also the reason that were asleep in bed and not walking around in the street at 2am like a zombie?

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Steve Totteridge Hill says...
1:22am Thu 9 Sep 10

Ah HA! Sherlock...

http://www.bucksfree
press.co.uk/news/837
6876.Wycombe_homes_l
eft_without_phone_an
d_internet/

NB Worth reading the comments...

Slow handclap for the slow update BFP.

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Steve Totteridge Hill says...
12:56am Fri 10 Sep 10

Steve Totteridge Hill wrote:
Ah HA! Sherlock... http://www.bucksfree press.co.uk/news/837 6876.Wycombe_homes_l eft_without_phone_an d_internet/ NB Worth reading the comments... Slow handclap for the slow update BFP.
Slow handclap for the slow update BFP.
Slow handclap for the slow update BFP.
Slow handclap for the slow update BFP.
Slow handclap for the slow update BFP.
Slow handclap for the slow update BFP.












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