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Default Grounding a telephone line.
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When the phone company installed my outdoor phone connection box, they
installed a separate ground rod. But the one for my electric panel is
50 feet away. I'm running my own phone line from my house to another
building at quite a distance. I intend to install another outdoor box
with built in lightning protection. (same as the one from the phone
company). The ground rod from my electric service is 6 feet away. Is
there any reason not to use the same rod? It dont seem to make much
sense to drive in another rod.

Note: I intend to also ground a tv antenna to it.

Hmmm,
Where I am overhead cables, wires are thing of the past.
They are all under ground now. phone line is fiber,
cable, power all are under ground. Only cable hanging over head in my
house is coax cable coming down from my HAM antenna.
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