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I love when thieves are trying to steal copper, but all they get is a broken fiber optic ;)

My dad works as a network engineer, and he told me a story that one of the banks in Poland lost one of the internet providers. They investigated and found out that thieves stole hundreds of meters of a fiber cable, because they thought that it's copper.

Don't they typically have co-extruded copper in the conduit/pipes for Utility Locators to use, even if it's just fiber inside?

that sounds like so much fun for all involved

and brought it back in between? :D

Maybe they were spotted by the police and had to pretend they're there installing the wires so they don't get caught.

again?