Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for your comments, Chris. Our poles are shared, as well. I just shot the top part. In the last few years, our local utility company has added optical fiber, as well, so I now have fiber right to my house, providing telephone and internet service. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 11/11/2016 1:38 AM, Christopher Crawford wrote: > Cables on poles are still very common in the USA. My father is retired > from GTE, which was the phone company here in Fort Wayne (It is now part > of Verizon). He was manager of construction for GTE for all of northeast > Indiana. He told me that poles here often carry electric, telephone, and > cable TV all on the same pole. The utilities have agreements to share > poles. > > In the older parts of Fort Wayne, everything is still on poles. In newer > areas, everything is buried. They?re gradually moving the old stuff to > underground because the poles need to be replaced periodically and they > are getting expensive. In addition to poles simply wearing out from age, a > HUGE number are replaced before the end of their normal service life > because idiots get drunk and drive cars into them, breaking them. > > Each pole is a single pine tree! In the past, the poles were cheap, so the > utilities didn?t mind using them. It was easier than burying cable. That?s > changing now. >