Landline customers suffered disruption of voice and data service due to more than 22 acts of vandalism and theft over the past three months.
According to a GT&T press release, the company lost more than 2,000 feet of cable in the Linden area alone as a result of vandalism and theft. Thousands of customers with landline facilities across the entire country have suffered, GT&T said.
In the case of Linden, there was a systematic removal of cables since the initial cut was discovered on October 19, 2014.
The areas affected over the past three months are: New Hope; A&B Fields Sophia’ Land of Canaan; Lodge; Huis t’ Dieren; Coverden; Timehri; Montrose; Meadow Brook Gardens’ Princes and High streets, Werk En Rust; D’Urban Backlands; Lodge Housing Scheme; Tucville’ Stevedore/Postel Housing Scheme; Guyhoc Park; Sheriff Street, Campbellville; East/West Ruimveldt; East La Penitence; Richmond Hill and Fair’s Rust Linden; Le Ressouvenir; Happy Acres; Atlantic Gardens; La Bonne Intention, and Chateau Margot.
GT&T seeks the help of the general public in the reporting of theft to the 0908 hotline under the ‘If you see something say something’ programme.
The company said information will be held in the strictest of confidence. GT&T said it has suffered unbudgeted expense as a result of the theft and vandalism because there was a continuous reassignment of the technical workforce.
More than that, the thefts have had a debilitating effect on the company’s overall expansion and maintenance programme. Equally and critically important, customers’ inability to access voice and data services affected their social, economic and security well-being, the company said.
