{"id":33503,"date":"2023-01-23T15:34:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T15:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=33503"},"modified":"2023-01-24T13:02:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T13:02:07","slug":"vandals-cause-13k-of-damage-to-broadband-network-in-shropshire-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/01\/vandals-cause-13k-of-damage-to-broadband-network-in-shropshire-village.html","title":{"rendered":"Vandals Cause \u00a313k of Damage to Broadband Network in Shropshire Village"},"content":{"rendered":"

The West Mercia police force in Shropshire (England) are appealing for information after repeated attacks by criminals, which have occurred over the last four weeks, caused an estimated \u00a313,000 worth of damage to broadband infrastructure belonging, we think, to Openreach<\/a> in the village of Selattyn (near Oswestry).<\/p>\n

According to the force’s Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) for Oswestry<\/strong>, an individual or group of criminals appears to have been going around the local area and cutting cables on local telecoms poles. At present, there’s no mention of any theft, which suggests an element of juvenile vandalism may be at work. But local phone and broadband connectivity has suffered some sporadic disruption.<\/p>\n

In a brief statement<\/a> on Twitter, the O-SNT team said: “Criminal Damage in Selattyn. A number of incidents have occurred over the last four weeks where damage has been done to broadband installations by damaging the wiring. The estimated cost to repair is the region of 13K. Any info: 101 incident: 00297_I_20112023<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

The statement also included some pictures, but the photographer probably won’t be winning any awards for clarity, since they’re a mix of heavy blur and somewhat unsettling hand twists. At present there’s no mention of which network operator this involves but, so far as we’re aware, Openreach<\/a> serves Selattyn via poles using a mix of copper-based ADSL<\/a> and FTTC<\/a> (VDSL2<\/a>).<\/p>\n

But we do note that Airband<\/a>’s wireless network also covers the area, and they may also use some poles for backhaul capacity, so it’s possible that one or both operators might have been hit.<\/p>\n

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Criminal Damage in Selattyn. A number of incidents have occurred over the last four weeks where damage has been done to broadband installations by damaging the wiring. The estimated cost to repair is the region of 13K.
Any info: 101 incident: 00297_I_20112023. pic.twitter.com\/zWOe9fa2pa<\/a><\/p>\n

— Oswestry SNT (@OsCops) January 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n