No wonder Verizon wanted out.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Lynne Monaco is in charge of security for Frontier Communications Corp. in 27 states, but she's never seen a problem like the vandalism plaguing the phone company's equipment in West Virginia.

"Just about every day since we took over Verizon's landlines on July 1, we have had a fairly significant cable theft somewhere in the state," Monaco said.

"It's most frequent in the southwest part of the state, but there are a few pockets in other parts of the state as well."

Frontier is still totaling the losses it has experienced in the month since it acquired Verizon's landlines.

"It's a six-figure number," she said.

In all of the states where Frontier operates, "there is nothing that even comes close to what's happening in West Virginia," Monaco said.

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