AT&T says copper thieves using bold tactics, including cars and trains

Copper thieves are going to great lengths to get their hands on the profitable metal. Surveillance video from March shows ...
The Hill

AT&T to ditch old copper phone lines for most: How will you be impacted?

(NEXSTAR) — If you’re still using a landline phone, a change by AT&T may soon impact you. During its recent Analyst & Investor Day, AT&T announced it is “actively working to exit its legacy copper ...

Police arrest copper wire thieves disguised as AT&T workers

Two people disguised as AT&T workers stole $10,000 of copper wire from telephone poles in northwest Charlotte.
KMBC Kansas City

AT&T offering reward as copper wire thefts get worse in Missouri

WELL, A SURGE IN COPPER WIRE THEFTS IS TURNING NEIGHBORHOODS INTO CRIME SCENES. GOOD EVENING. I’M BRYA BERRY AND I’M LARA MORITZ. AT&T IS OFFERING A $20,000 REWARD FOR HELP IN FINDING THESE SUSPECTS.
Ars Technica

AT&T says it won’t build fiber home Internet in half of its wireline footprint

AT&T this week detailed plans to eliminate copper phone and DSL lines from its network while leaving many customers in rural areas with only wireless or satellite as an alternative. In a presentation ...
WGN Radio

AT&T to ditch old copper phone lines in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, elsewhere: How will you be impacted?

(NEXSTAR) — If you’re still using a landline phone, a change by AT&T may soon impact you. During its recent Analyst & Investor Day, AT&T announced it is “actively working to exit its legacy copper ...
Oregonian

Copper-wire thieves are knocking out streetlights across Portland, leaving highways – and police – in the dark

There’s a stretch of Interstate 84 in Portland, near where it connects to Interstate 205, that for weeks last year was unnervingly dark at night. The reason: many of the streetlights weren’t working.