[asterisk-users] Dry Copper Pair

[Noah Miller]

> >>>> Stephen i disagree. growing up in new work city i can say its quite
> >>>> easy to get away with it in the city. where i live now in new jersey
> >>>> (population of around 60000) i wouldnt be able to pull that off.
> >>> The world is a big place, and I suppose there's room for all kinds.
> >>> In these parts, the vigilance is pretty high. The pillars are
> >>> padlocked now; they didn't use to be, and the COs are locked down
> >>> like Fort Knox.
> >>>
> >>> Anyway, I know enough more than one person who has landed in the
> >>> clink for treating the telco like a personal lab.
> >> what exactly was the charge ?
> >
> > Perhaps something along the lines of "unauthorised tampering with a
> > telecomms installation"?
>
> I wasn't going to bother replying to Jon's post, because, well, some
> things aren't worth the bother.
>
> But here it is, for the public good.
>
> First, there's section 326 of the Criminal Code of Canada:
>
> > Theft of telecommunication service
> >
> > 326. (1) Every one commits theft who fraudulently, maliciously, or without colour of right,
> >
> > (a) abstracts, consumes or uses electricity or gas or causes it to be wasted or diverted; or
> >
> > (b) uses any telecommunication facility or obtains any telecommunication service.
>
> Then, there's section 334:
>
> > Punishment for theft
> >
> > 334. Except where otherwise provided by law, every one who commits theft
> >
> > (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, where the property stolen is a testamentary instrument or the value of what is stolen exceeds five thousand dollars; or
> >
> > (b) is guilty
> >
> > (i) of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or
> >
> > (ii) of an offence punishable on summary conviction,
> >
> > where the value of what is stolen does not exceed five thousand dollars.
>
> The person in question was slapped with a $10,000 fine.
>
> Look, these guys take tampering with wire infrastructure seriously.
> There's a reason the addresses aren't published, the buildings
> non-descript, and the doors locked nine ways to Sunday.

In the neighborhood where I live in Putnam County NY, Verizon recently
posted a sign for a $50,000 reward for information leading to the
arrest of individuals responsible for tampering with their
infrastructure.  Apparently, someone had repeatedly hacked the same
piece of equipment (don't know what it was - they wouldn't say).

I don't know what the criminal codes say, but it is obviously an
offense for which you can be arrested, and Verizon felt it was
important enough to give away a sizeable sum to defend their equipment
and access to their network.


- Noah