Copper wire thieves have left landlines inoperable across South Los Angeles. Some customers grow upset with AT&T.

AT&T currently works directly with Houston and Dallas. According to AT&T, Dallas has more wire theft reported than any other ...

The AT&T copper wire network is 70 years old and it's becoming ... so we are experiencing a lot of copper theft," she said. The network is also expensive to maintain and uses a lot of electricity ...

BALDWIN HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Copper thieves are targeting AT&T customers and affecting landline ... until new cables are ordered. Copper theft in Los Angeles is a serious problem that ...

The Lodi Police Department is investigating the theft of copper wire worth thousands of dollars from a construction site this week. Sometime between May 21 and 22 thieves took about $30,000 worth of ...

Copper wire theft at one of the AT&T cell towers on the north side of Rusk County and Harrison County will leave some AT&T customers unable to make emergency calls. The Rusk County Sheriff's ...

(Courtesy: Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office) AT&T reports that each individual cut of wire, not including the cost of each individual theft, costs around $35,000. The thefts have been known to ...

The Hot Springs Parks and Trails Department reported vandalism to a tree in the 600 block of Malvern Avenue. AT&T reported a theft of cable and internet wire at 101 McGowan Court. Barry Wendell Loyd ...

Marijuana and tools were found with the wire that had already ... the frequency of copper theft we must remain vigilant," said Carlos Sanchez, President of AT&T of Kentucky.

The energy then travels via a wire, like copper lines, before being converted back into sound waves for the receiving phone. Newer home phone lines, like AT&T Phone, rely on Voice over Internet ...