re: Spectrum wants to lay cable on my property

On public roads you pay taxes to the middle of the road, but you don’t own it there’s always a utility easement whether in front of your property or a rear easement. It’s how you get neat things like water, sewer, power, communications, etc. All they need is a permit from the city, county, parrish or whatever. If it’s private like you say you can tell em to get bent. We’ve had several occasions where someone fricked up and got off the right of way on to private property by as little as a foot and that whole section had to be redone and moved back on ROW. I remember one particular a-hole named Errol in Lafayette that didn’t want LUS in his yard. He called the mayor and anyone he could to raise hell so we agreed to not dig in his yard and drill right on past his house. Then he had the balls to ask how he could get service after all the bullshite, and he was quickly told you don’t get service dumbass. Definitely don’t cut it without a good 811 call and they have 18 inches on either side of their marks if you hit it within that 18 it’s your fault we’ve had damages that run anywhere from twenty grand up to a million so good luck with that. So glad I’m not on the construction side anymore.