For the 2nd time in 2 weeks, hundreds of Verizon W.Va. customers ...
For the 2nd time in 2 weeks, hundreds of Verizon W.Va. customers in the Whitesville/Marsh Fork area lost phone service because thieves stole Verizon’s copper phone cable. About 400 customers had lost service in a March 10 theft, and…
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more than 100 lost service again on Wed. In both instances, phone service to Marsh Fork Elementary School was cut off. The area also suffered a cable theft in Dec. that left hundreds of customers and the Marsh Fork school without service. School district officials in Jan. installed a 2-way radio system at the school, allowing the school to radio for 911 emergency assistance to the school district’s transportation office, which probably would be able to place the 911 call because it’s served by a different Verizon phone circuit. Near-record prices for scrap copper have caused an upsurge in cable thefts against Verizon and other phone companies.