and now for todays!
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Residents of two villages in eastern France could make no phone calls on Thursday after criminals stole 550 metres (600 yards) of copper cable, a day after copper thieves disrupted train traffic in the west.
Theft of the metal has become increasingly common in France as thieves try to cash in on soaring copper prices, which have more than doubled in the past year.
The thieves took more than a tonne of copper cables that had been dug out and left exposed awaiting repair work, operator France Telecom said. The theft caused tens of thousands of euros (dollars) of damage.
Phone services in the Oltingue and Wolschwiller villages should be restored by Friday, the operator said.
On Wednesday, criminals stole copper cables used for railway signalling, disrupting high-speed train traffic between the southwestern city of Bordeaux and Paris.
Well in my opinion thats good1a whole to villages in FRANCE that cant comunicate with the outside world!!!
