A Not Often Mentioned Secondary Benefit of FTT*

[Ardua]

In the exchange area adjacent to mine (Worcester), mindless thieves stole 350 Metres of underground copper telephone cable which resulted 200+ customers losing their phone and broadband connections. This theft reads like the 'Italian Job' as the crime took place on a busy roundabout adjacent to the M5. It would seem from the local rag that they came back and had a second go.

http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/9596710.Cocky_cable_thieves_get_a_second_go

And the point of this post is...........

The only customers in the area that maintained a broadband connection were those on FTT*.

[Steve]

It's disappointing that neither the Police and (more importantly) Openreach could be bothered to retrieve the discarded cable. The cost of which is passed on to me the customer.

[Simon]

Presumably, that's why OR can't be bothered. 

[FritzBox]

Can't believe the farmer didn't hide it away in his barn