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Thieves recently stole expensive telecommunications equipment from 26 sites in the city, temporarily knocking out service to thousands of Comcast customers. BY ALAN SKOLNICK In a caper eerily similar to the the theft of $200,000 worth of AT&T Broadband equipment in 2000, high-tech thieves raided 26 outdoor amplifier sites in Cooper City, causing as many as 14,000 Comcast customers to lose cable service for up to two hours. [...] Thieves used the same method to steal 11 amplifiers in The Landings in Pembroke Pines two to three weeks ago, and there were prior thefts in Miramar. ''As soon as we upgrade an area and put new equipment in, it seems to get hit,'' Tamas said. [...] http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/states/florida/counties/broward_county/9457328.htm?1c
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