Old telephone wire

[Elm]

It's everywhere. The phone company or my landlords never bothered to remove it and as far as I know none of it is in use. I ripped a bunch off the roof that was attached to a pole just leaning against the she's and cut it from another seemingly useless telephone pole. Any value in it. I'm in Phoenix.

[jimicrk]

You would be surprised at how much old telephone wire is still being used. I hope at least one end of the wire had already been cut.

[alloy2]

This isn't going to age well.

[mthomasdev]

What could possibly go wrong here?

Vandalism or theft charges? Shocked or worse electrocuted? Causing a fire?

Sounds obvious that this is neither your wire or your property.

[mikeinreco]

I don't think there is much copper in this wire anyway

[miked]

Yea test it with a strong magnet. Likely it is copper plated steel wire. Move on to more productive activities.
73, Mike