Send this page to someone via emailTelecommunications company Rogers says an attempted copper theft was behind the widespread interruption that left some its Calgary customers without services on Monday morning. Beyond being a significant inconvenience for our customers, these acts can have a serious impact on public safety,” the spokesperson said. Story continues below advertisementRogers says there are six crews in the area all day with over 20 technicians working to repair the “extensive damage” and restore services. Rogers says it will start to restore services to customers later Monday evening and that efforts to restore services will continue overnight, estimated to be resolved by 9 a.m. Tuesday morning. Its stats show these vandalism caused outage repairs can take up to three to four times longer “due to the extent of damage and associated repairs,” and has seen the number of hours related to vandalism repairs increase by over 400 per cent since 2022.