Because of rampant copper thefts, some Hacienda Heights residents have been without phone service for months, which some say is essential where they live.
The latest in a string of copper wire thefts in Hacienda Heights knocked out power and phone service to a local high school this week, forcing the school to cancel in-person classes.Thieves stole so much copper wire from Glen A. Wilson High School Sunday night that it knocked out the school's power, computer and phone systems. The school was hit twice. Wilson High switched to online schooling at the beginning of the week.
"Without a landline, Gordon is cut off. Replacing the copper wiring with fiber optic cables might be cheaper for the phone service provider in the area, but, Gordon says those cables don't work where she lives."You have to have electricity in order to have fiber optics work in an area like we are," Gordon said. "Copper cable will work for your landline, even without electricity, and Edison turns off the power if you're in fire danger.
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