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Updated · WBRZ · Jul 11Copper Theft Knocks Out Kentwood Internet Service on Highway 51, With No Restoration Estimate
1 articles · Updated · WBRZ · Jul 11Summary
- Kentwood lost internet service townwide after copper was stolen from AT&T lines early Saturday on Highway 51 near the old skating rink.
- AT&T's office in Amite informed town officials of the theft, which cut the lines serving the town.
- No estimate has been given for when service will be restored, leaving the outage open-ended.
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With satellite internet now available, is upgrading America's vulnerable copper infrastructure even worth the investment? As green energy booms, is the escalating crime wave against old copper wires leaving rural America permanently disconnected? Who truly bears the billion-dollar cost when criminals steal a few hundred dollars' worth of copper wire?