Good Company Pizza Closes 1 Day After Internet Wire Theft Cuts 80% of Orders
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Updated · WLOS · Jun 16
Good Company Pizza Closes 1 Day After Internet Wire Theft Cuts 80% of Orders
1 articles · Updated · WLOS · Jun 16
Summary
Good Company Pizza in Swannanoa shut for one day after thieves cut and removed Spectrum lines, knocking out internet, phones, online ordering and ticket printing.
80% to 85% of the restaurant's business comes through phone orders, founder George Peyton said, and the outage cost the shop a couple thousand dollars before service returned the next day.
A few days later, people were found collecting wire on nearby property, but Peyton said they could not be tied to the restaurant theft; trespassing charges were filed.
236 theft cases were reported in central Buncombe County over the past six months, and officials say communications-infrastructure thefts are not uncommon after May charges against five people in AT&T wire thefts.