"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote in message
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SteveB wrote:

My excellent track hoe operator cut my phone cable. He called a buddy
who works for the phone company, and he says the phone company charges
$300 to come fix it. It is a copper shielded 4 line wire. It has some
goo on the inside. It is a buried line not in a conduit.

Does the price seem high? I know I could splice the wires, but a ten
foot section was just destroyed, and I don't have any of that specialized
wire. And then there's the issue of weather and water.

What would you do?


Did anybody call Miss Digg (or whatever it's called where you are) to flag
all the utility cables and pipes before the job was started?

My *guess* is that if that was not done, or even if it was done but the
equipment operator cut the cable anyway, the phone co. *must* be notified
(it's their cable) so *they* can fix it -- and they will bill you (or the
operator) for whatever their normal charge is.

Perce

Around here it is called "Dig Safe" and it is MANDATORY to call them and
have them mark everything...It is a free service and fines and repair cost
apply if you don't comply...It sounds like he didn't do that....Probably no
permit either and paying the machine operator cash...Am I right ??/

Good thing it only cost you a 100 bucks...It COULD have been much , MUCH
worse......