Thousands lost internet service after vandals severed Xfinity cables in Kent, targeting wires for copper that wasn’t there. Comcast says similar thefts have hit businesses throughout the year, prompting police to investigate and warn that cutting telecom lines is a serious crime affecting the entire community.
KENT, Wash. – Xfinity reported that vandals were responsible for cutting internet access to upwards of 2,000 customers on Monday.
Kent police say thieves have been targeting copper in the wires.
Comcast officials said they have dealt with multiple, similar cases throughout the year. Crews worked in the rain on Monday to clean up the mess left behind along 68th Avenue South in Kent.
Local perspective:
Several businesses along the road told Seattle they were impacted by the attack. “We’re going to lose pretty much eight hours of today,” said Marvin Wells.
Wells works at one of the businesses affected by the outage.
He told Seattle that while the wire damage costs his business and Comcast a lot of money, the thieves will not get much in return.
What they’re saying:
“These cables have no value. They don’t realize they can’t take these to a steel shop and get money for the copper—because there is no copper,” said Wells.
However, it keeps happening.
It has become such a serious issue for the city that Comcast told Seattle they have partnered with Kent Police to try to raise more awareness about it.
Police investigated on Monday; however, they have not released any information about possible suspects.
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