Doug Miller wrote:
In article , "HeyBub"
wrote:
Pete C. wrote:

They don't trench those lines, they just pull them in with a
vibratory cable plow. They certainly won't even look at repairing
the existing cable unless it's an extreme length, they'll just plow
in a new cable and hook it up. It's an hour and a half job or so
for the contractor they use for the work and much of that time is
unloading and loading the cable plow from the trailer.

In my area they use a wide wedge on the bottom of a shovel handle.
They step on the thing to open up a slot in the ground for the
required path, then poke a new wire in the furrow. After the wire
is laid, they dance around like Zulus and stomp the dirt back,
covering the wire.

Verizon?

At the time I saw them do it, they were Soutwestern Bell which Borged
everything that wasn't strapped down (Pacific Bell, Southern Bell, Milton's
Hot Dogs) . Then they bought the remnants of AT&T and changed their name
(possibly to avoid creditors or mobs).