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Default Running Cat5e cable underground

You missed the point ... the exchange running copper to you is one
thing, it's earthed at a single point.
If you run copper comms from your house to an out building there is a
proscribed risk due to linking of earth paths in the event of the mains
losing it's earth ... or in event of lightning strike.