Vandals cut cables in Western Sydney

About 10,000 businesses and homes in Western Sydney were without phone, internet and EFTPOS services after vandals cut Telstra communications cables, over the weekend. Telstra customers in Blacktown could be without home phone, mobile, internet and EFTPOS services for most of the weekend. Customers in Rooty Hill, Erskine Park, Arndell Park, and Shalvey had also been affected by the damage, Telstra spokesman Warwick Ponder said.