The cost of cable theft

[jes]

The cost of cable theft

How bad is cable theft in South Africa? The answer might surprise you

[Ol' Mean Bastid]

big dips in cable theft over December 2010 and 2011, cable thieves take annual leave?

[Viva]

big dips in cable theft over December 2010 and 2011, cable thieves take annual leave?

Was thinking the same!

Where does our copper go after it get stolen? Is't the best strategy to break the flow of copper to wherever it's going?

[ITCynic]

Considering an electrician client of mine took all his old copper cable offcuts and old cables removed from past jobs to the scrapyard and got R140,000 for 2 bakkie loads, paid in cash with no questions asked, I can understand why it is so lucrative.

[grav80]

Considering an electrician client of mine took all his old copper cable offcuts and old cables removed from past jobs to the scrapyard and got R140,000 for 2 bakkie loads, paid in cash with no questions asked, I can understand why it is so lucrative.

R140k In cash??? Or EFT?

[Nerfherder]

Considering an electrician client of mine took all his old copper cable offcuts and old cables removed from past jobs to the scrapyard and got R140,000 for 2 bakkie loads, paid in cash with no questions asked, I can understand why it is so lucrative.

Wow.... next time Im going to insist on keeping my cut offs.

[ghoti]

Was thinking the same!

Where does our copper go after it get stolen? Is't the best strategy to break the flow of copper to wherever it's going?

Same place the rhino horns go to.

[intel8080]

OMG First they stole all the aluminium rail from the public bridges and now they dig out the copper cables. WTF SA 20something

[intel8080]

OMG First they stole all the aluminium handrail from the public bridges and now they dig out the copper cables. WTF SA 20something

[FuLL_MeT4L]

Considering an electrician client of mine took all his old copper cable offcuts and old cables removed from past jobs to the scrapyard and got R140,000 for 2 bakkie loads, paid in cash with no questions asked, I can understand why it is so lucrative.

Holy ****. It's a wonder that there are any cables left in the ground at all.. o_O

[surfs-up]

Government should wake TF up and declare copper a precious metal. No trading on second hand copper at all.

[gregmcc]

Only in good old SA - even if its bolted down it will get stolen!

[Sodan]

Hess explained that most indents of theft and sabotage affecting optical fibre cables is “collateral damage” from copper theft incidents. Thieves sometimes have to go through the fibre to get to the copper, or they don’t know whether a cable is copper of fibre before they’ve cut it open.

So install fibre and let it be known that you don't have any copper cables, you dumb [insert expletive here].

[latro]

What new measures by goverment??? I'm burning to say something cynical now grr.

[nelwa]

So install fibre and let it be known that you don't have any copper cables, you dumb [insert expletive here].

Now you're talking!