Dug Up Phone Line.... What next?
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Poppa
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Gerard, where is the meter? Is it at the house or at the pole?
And honestly I tried to avoid this but it is killing me, It has to be ancient where you live but for a Colorado Boy it cracks me up
"Where's NiMo?"
Mike
And honestly I tried to avoid this but it is killing me, It has to be ancient where you live but for a Colorado Boy it cracks me up
"Where's NiMo?"
Mike
Junkman
Super Member
The wire from the pole to the meter is theirs and the responsibility for maintaining it rests solely on them from what I have learned from the people at NU (Northeast Utilities, formerly Connecticut Light and Power). From the meter to the house it is your responsibility. Same for telephone and cable. Once inside your house, it becomes your problem.
Junkman:
That is what I thought. My meter is about 200 feet from the pole and about four feet away from the house on a 4x4 post & plywood frame. The wires go into the ground at the pole, travel, come up into the meters then back underground, under the sidewalk, to the breaker box in the house. How can they say what they're saying then? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Should I question them on this??
That is what I thought. My meter is about 200 feet from the pole and about four feet away from the house on a 4x4 post & plywood frame. The wires go into the ground at the pole, travel, come up into the meters then back underground, under the sidewalk, to the breaker box in the house. How can they say what they're saying then? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Should I question them on this??
polecat
Platinum Member
Very close Junkster....very clos e... Power is your responsibility from the meter ot your house no matter where that might b!!!!on a pole on onyour house..same with cable ...from the inlet box on is your responsibility...telephone is the same....cable and telephone both hav ne co/cable co)ok for the little green junction box's ...both of them have one..and at one point there'll b a box that says..(you can open 1/2 of telephone box..and the other 1/2 says "property of "phone co,cable co.) thats where u start your responsibilities and they end theirs!!!...wether its on the pole or on thesideof the house....let me state this one more time...where the meter for power is ..the out going wire belongs 2 u.....where the little green phone or cable junction box is... from the outgoing/feed side is belongs 2 u !!!!and is your responsibility!!!! mark my words ..THIS HAS BEEN MY JOB FOR COSE 2 20 YEARS AND I AHVE BEEN IN EVERY STATE but calif hawii,colorado,oreg.and tex. doing itand all the systems r the same as far as land owner/utility owner and where the lin of ownership ends and starts....not tryin to b a know it all in this regard but have jist been there... in the cas of mr good lookin vette his proprietorship begins at the place of the ex-temporary/now permanent meter pole/structure...wherever the meter is ..from there on out is yours and your respoonsibility....IE my 65 year neighbor dwalked up the street yesterday eve. and his phone was out.. i dwent down with all my test equip. and (he lives in a trailer ) there was no dial tone from his "te;mporary" pole to /nor insede of his house...i found the problem ...it was 2 poles from his house...high winds or a branch had broken off an old splice and u could barely tell but had severed the service..phone..co's responsibility....if they dont come tomorrow i'm gonna git out my hooks and line belt and a couple of butt conn's and fix it ff4 him but not his or my responsibility!!! this would b much quickew 4 me if i jist gave al ya'll my phone # and if there wereANY ???? bout cable,telephone,or power ...u jist called me ... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gifbcause this answer took me 45 min. to type and i could have answered it in 2 on the phone as it is now its 10:45 and my net time is gone..so i cant hang out no more /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
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cheers t ya'll and have a great night
TODD..do any of yall want any kitens ..i've got 9 /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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cheers t ya'll and have a great night
TODD..do any of yall want any kitens ..i've got 9 /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
2 many pussycats /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif 4 me
Poppa
Gold Member
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Junkman:
That is what I thought. My meter is about 200 feet from the pole and about four feet away from the house on a 4x4 post & plywood frame. The wires go into the ground at the pole, travel, come up into the meters then back underground, under the sidewalk, to the breaker box in the house. How can they say what they're saying then? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Should I question them on this??
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Gerard, the answer is yes. Like Junkman and Polecat said, after the meter it is yours but before the meter it is theirs and they should come out and mark it.
Mike
That is what I thought. My meter is about 200 feet from the pole and about four feet away from the house on a 4x4 post & plywood frame. The wires go into the ground at the pole, travel, come up into the meters then back underground, under the sidewalk, to the breaker box in the house. How can they say what they're saying then? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Should I question them on this??
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Gerard, the answer is yes. Like Junkman and Polecat said, after the meter it is yours but before the meter it is theirs and they should come out and mark it.
Mike
Poppa
Gold Member
Gerard, on a lighter note, if they tell you that the part of the line before the meter, is yours, then go ahead and run a line from it and enjoy some free power. That ought to help Find NiMo.
I know, and I apologize again,
Mike
I know, and I apologize again,
Mike
What I don't understand is they should know where the meter is, 200 feet from the pole, and still state that there are NO buried wires (lines) undergroung /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif. Everybody around here is buried from the pole!
Poppa
Gold Member
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( What I don't understand is they should know where the meter is, 200 feet from the pole, and still state that there are NO buried wires (lines) undergroung /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif. Everybody around here is buried from the pole! )</font>
Yes, they should but as numerous other posts have pointed out including yours, what they should know and what they do know is often two very different things. My guess now is that the hardest part for you will be to: A) talk to a live person to explain the problem. B) Get that person to realize that you are telling the truth and hence the problem IS at their end. And C) Getting them to then care enough to come out and mark it.
Good luck
Mike
Yes, they should but as numerous other posts have pointed out including yours, what they should know and what they do know is often two very different things. My guess now is that the hardest part for you will be to: A) talk to a live person to explain the problem. B) Get that person to realize that you are telling the truth and hence the problem IS at their end. And C) Getting them to then care enough to come out and mark it.
Good luck
Mike
Yesterday, I was digging my ditch for a french drain. I cut our propane gas line. It was supposed to be 18" deep, but was about 8-10" so I didn't have to pay for the repair. To compound things, the gas line repair guy hit and cut the phone line (which they also did when the gasline was originally installed).