Nearly a kilometer of copper cables was stolen in the Villeneuve-sur-Verberie sector. 800 m of ADSL cables, belonging to the Orange company, were stolen, leading to outages for nearly 300 homes.
“As long as there is demand for copper, this will continue,” said the mayor of Saintines (Oise) “Last time, in the summer of 2023, we even had to wait two months before being connected again,’ he remembers.