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In reply to a post by cheshire_man:

In reply to a post by Michael_Chare:

That is another reason for moving to a fibre solution.

I didn't think that made much difference as the thieves didn't know the difference, and would steal the cable eitherway.

They might be disappointed with my present phone line. It is most aluminium.

But they won't know that until after they've knicked it. Although, could be a benefit to you as maybe BT would then replace it with shiny copper.

It shows how useless the politicians response has been. Having to show ID and be paid by cheque will affect all the honest people selling legitimate scrap but the bent dealers and thieves will carry on as usual.

The ridiculous thing is that from 1st December you wont even be able to sell your car to a breakers yard for cash.... and you will have to produce ID. But after our leaders taking decisive steps to deal with this scourge... I am still reading about idiots being hospitalized after trying to nick High Voltage cables...

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I am still reading about idiots being hospitalized after trying to nick High Voltage cables...

Isn't that called natural selection? We will end up with a more intelligent criminal class because the idiots will all have died from electric shocks.