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Posted on 3/22/21 at 6:49 pm to Simon Gruber
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Get ready for the repair bill and hope it’s not fiber. I hit a line in my yard while installing a fence and I’m not a customer and their lawyers sent me a bill for almost $2,000 and told me I’m lucky it wasn’t a fiber line.
Absolutely this my brother in law had somehow cut a fiber line through his yard, they weren't customers, received legal notice and a bill for $35K or some shite. Absolutely amazing what these assholes can get away with.
Posted on 3/22/21 at 6:51 pm to IHuntdux
Utilities usually have a right of way so they probably can
Posted on 3/22/21 at 6:59 pm to Mizzoufan26
Lol well shite, keep yall posted.
Posted on 3/22/21 at 7:03 pm to IHuntdux
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What would the OT do?
I would have addressed it before buying the house
Posted on 3/22/21 at 7:05 pm to IHuntdux
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Lol well shite, keep yall posted.
You need to check for a utility easement. If there is one, you are likely going to get a bill. Do you have any proof that someone at ATT told you that you could take it down? Name, ID number, etc?
Posted on 3/22/21 at 7:08 pm to IHuntdux
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So this weekend, I dig it out of the ground, snip the lines and go about my day.
Are you insane?
Did you check your local laws and property offices for easements, servitudes, and utility exceptions?
Did you review your closing documents for the same?
What’d you think the lines went to?
What’d you do after you cut the lines?
You just left snipped lines laying around?
What’d you do with the poll?
In what world did you think this was ok?
You’re about to get sued by ATT for a very very large amount of money. Good luck.
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Generally speaking, if you guys are me, how are you handling this?
You’ll have to take out a mortgage to afford the attorneys fees and another to pay damages so I guess I’d be cashing in any non-liquid assets I have and calling around to law firms.
This post was edited on 3/22/21 at 7:16 pm
Posted on 3/22/21 at 7:09 pm to Nguyener
quote:This.
Are you insane?
Posted on 3/22/21 at 7:13 pm to UKWildcats
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Are you insane?
This.
And the crazy thing is most in this thread agreed with him. Dude is about to pay out the nose.
Posted on 3/22/21 at 7:14 pm to IHuntdux
You done fricked up, A-aron.
Posted on 3/22/21 at 7:14 pm to AUriptide
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Dude is about to pay out the nose.
He’s about to lose his house
Posted on 3/22/21 at 7:15 pm to Nguyener
No way in hell did someone from AT&T tell this guy to go ahead and yank the pole out of the ground.
Posted on 3/22/21 at 7:17 pm to SG_Geaux
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No way in hell did someone from AT&T tell this guy to go ahead and yank the pole out of the ground.
I have no doubt or problem believing some idiot on the random ATT customer service line said go ahead and yank the poll.
I also have no doubt that that’a not at all a legal defense to the damages this guy is about to pay. If this thread is real, he should be shitting his pants right now.
Posted on 3/22/21 at 7:18 pm to TigerstuckinMS
Yes
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Utility easement
Posted on 3/22/21 at 7:19 pm to Mizzoufan26
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Absolutely this my brother in law had somehow cut a fiber line through his yard, they weren't customers, received legal notice and a bill for $35K or some shite. Absolutely amazing what these assholes can get away with.
Good for those companies. Don't hit their shite then.
Posted on 3/22/21 at 7:21 pm to Mizzoufan26
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Absolutely this my brother in law had somehow cut a fiber line through his yard, they weren't customers, received legal notice and a bill for $35K or some shite. Absolutely amazing what these assholes can get away with.
Make them sue you.
Posted on 3/22/21 at 7:24 pm to IHuntdux
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big, ugly AT&T pole in my front yard.
This is making me suspicious. The only "poles" I've ever seen are utility (electric) poles. I have never seen an "ATT" pole.
Unless you're talking about this?
This post was edited on 3/22/21 at 7:27 pm
Posted on 3/22/21 at 7:27 pm to Bawcephus
Communication companies can own said utiliy poles (with electric facilities on it).
Posted on 3/22/21 at 7:30 pm to HailToTheChiz
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Make them sue you.
Homeowners insurance may cover it if you accidentally cut a line. Not sure about pulling a pole out the ground with your F250
Posted on 3/22/21 at 7:31 pm to Simon Gruber
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Get ready for the repair bill and hope it’s not fiber. I hit a line in my yard while installing a fence and I’m not a customer and their lawyers sent me a bill for almost $2,000 and told me I’m lucky it wasn’t a fiber line.
A friend was putting in a fence, he called the “can I dig here number” they came out and marked the ground where he could dig. He severed a AT&T inter-state fiber bundle that knocked out a lot of service. Took several days to repair, even though he called first, and he dug where marked, AT&T billed him $35,000.00. He got a lawyer, and they settled for around $5 grand.
This post was edited on 3/22/21 at 7:35 pm
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