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Above-ground internet cable spliced by mower.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 9:42 am
Posted on 5/11/22 at 9:42 am
I'm having a bit of trouble with my internet connection after some mowing went astray...
I recently cleared a bit of brush near the fence in my backyard and noticed a cable wire coming from the ground, through the chain link, and back into the ground.
I didn't tell anyone about it and was always mindful to mow around it. I had someone else mow my lawn recently and they ran right over it, splicing it a good bit.
I can still get a connection after wrapping the wire with tape, but it comes and goes.
How would you go about addressing this with the cable company? The wire should never have been above ground to begin with, right?
I recently cleared a bit of brush near the fence in my backyard and noticed a cable wire coming from the ground, through the chain link, and back into the ground.
I didn't tell anyone about it and was always mindful to mow around it. I had someone else mow my lawn recently and they ran right over it, splicing it a good bit.
I can still get a connection after wrapping the wire with tape, but it comes and goes.
How would you go about addressing this with the cable company? The wire should never have been above ground to begin with, right?
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Posted on 5/11/22 at 9:43 am to Hoodie
get the wire fixed?
Posted on 5/11/22 at 9:45 am to Hoodie
If the tape isn’t working then you’ve pretty much exhausted all options. You’re going to have to buy a new house and move.
This post was edited on 5/11/22 at 9:46 am
Posted on 5/11/22 at 9:45 am to Hoodie
duck tape
Posted on 5/11/22 at 9:46 am to Hoodie
Do you know what "spliced" means?
Posted on 5/11/22 at 9:46 am to Hoodie
quote:Where'd you get that mower?!
cable spliced by mower
Posted on 5/11/22 at 9:46 am to Hoodie
So you ran a long cable to your neighbors internet jack and the line got cut?
Posted on 5/11/22 at 9:47 am to Abraham H Parnassis
LOL! My initial thought, damn, a mower can CUT and SPLICE the cable. Impressive.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 9:50 am to Hoodie
Call the company and tell them. They don't give a fawk. Demand they bury the wire properly. It isn't your fault the wire wasn't buried.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 9:51 am to Hoodie
Tell them someone else hit the cable, you didn't know it was above ground (why would it be? it's supposed to be buried) and ask them to come and splice you a new piece of cable in there.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 9:52 am to weaveballs1
Tree removal crew cut our cable, and I was able to splice it until the cable company arrived to replace it. No charge.
Just ask, but the appointment as a full month or so out, which is why I spliced it.
Just ask, but the appointment as a full month or so out, which is why I spliced it.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 9:59 am to Abraham H Parnassis
quote:
Do you know what "spliced" means?
My first thought.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 10:00 am to Hoodie
We talking like copper wire like coax or fiber? There are cheap coax splicing kits you can buy.
Call the ISP and have them come run and bury a cable.
Call the ISP and have them come run and bury a cable.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 10:01 am to Abraham H Parnassis
quote:
Do you know what "spliced" means?
I gather I do not.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 10:03 am to Hoodie
quote:Sliced is what happened, spliced is what you need to do.quote:I gather I do not.
Do you know what "spliced" means?
Posted on 5/11/22 at 10:06 am to Hoodie
quote:
spliced by mower
that's a pretty impressive
Posted on 5/11/22 at 10:07 am to Hoodie
quote:
I'm having a bit of trouble with my internet connection after some mowing went astray...
Why did your service provider not bury it properly during installation? Or was this something you did?
I'd start with the internet service provider and call them out there. They might charge you, they might not. But either way you need internet.
This post was edited on 5/11/22 at 10:08 am
Posted on 5/11/22 at 10:08 am to Hoodie
I take it your mower didn't splice it properly? Have it trim back the ends a bit and try to splice it again.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 10:11 am to Hoodie
quote:
How would you go about addressing this with the cable company?
Tell them you’re a porn addict and that this is an emergency.
Posted on 5/11/22 at 10:14 am to SixthAndBarone
quote:
Call the company and tell them. They don't give a fawk. Demand they bury the wire properly. It isn't your fault the wire wasn't buried.
He doesn't want to because its an illegal wire.
NO, and I mean ZERO cable companies would run it above ground and lay it to be mowed over.
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