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PUC warns of buying stolen GT&T copper cable

Apr 25, 2014 News

 

The regulator of the telephone industry has called for more vigilance by residents after vandals damaged critical components leaving thousands without service.
According to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), it has noted with alarm the acts of vandalism against the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T)’s telecommunications infrastructure.
“The target seems to be the company’s insulated copper cable.”
The Commission pointed to a disruption which occurred on Sunday and affected customers in Belvoir Court, Bel Air, Prashad Nagar, Sophia, Blygezight and surrounding areas in the city.
“It is also disturbing that on April 17, 2014, a fibre cut in the vicinity of Windsor Forest, West Coast of Demerara caused a disruption in the GT&T services on the Essequibo Coast and Islands, the West Bank and the West Coast of Demerara.”
PUC made it clear that it is distressed that a few unscrupulous persons are bent on receiving monetary gain in committing these criminal activities, and “it is also disturbing that businesses in the trade are procuring these items, perhaps with full knowledge of its source”.
“This is not acceptable and all stakeholders have to be concerned, to be vigilant and to take preventive measures against such acts. The Commission joins GT&T in the call to all communities to be vigilant and to report all instances of suspected persons committing such acts to the police and/or to GT&T.”
GT&T itself has been complaining that vandalism has affected it programmes of regular maintenance and attending to routine complaints of customers. The incidents have also cost the company tens of millions of dollars.

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