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Default Holding a pole up with only one cable?


Same thing is observed on telephone
poles.Â* Any explanation?Â* Is the pole put in at a bit of an angle so
it's always leaning one way?


The weight of the cables puts an assymetric laod on the poles near the
end of long cable runs



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