Ooma : Copper thefts are impacting critical infrastructure for business

Since the early 2000s, copper thefts have become a growing problem. Deemed by the FBI as a threat to critical U.S. infrastructure, thieves stealing copper wires are causing power and phone outages, exposing live wires and even disrupting emergency services. At the same time, telecommunications companies are facing the copper sunset and copper sunset expenses. This means that plain old telephone service (POTS)-which uses copper wires-is becoming obsolete and increasingly expensive. Let's look at [...]

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