Even Wireless Networks Rely On Cables

From The Register – Vodafone outage caused by robbery:

Cable stealing thieves were responsible for a network outage that left some Vodafone UK customers without service for most of yesterday.

A spokeswoman was unable to explain what the cables were for, but confirmed that the theft in north Wales caused the network downtime for most of Sunday.

She said: “There was a robbery of some cabling in north Wales and that caused parts of the network to go down. The Midlands, parts of the north-west and south-east, and north Wales were affected.”

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