On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Derek J. Balling wrote:
I think this is just a factor of human beings. People are more cautious about hitting gas or electric (hitting a gas or underground electric line will ruin your day for the rest of your rapidly-shortening life). If you hit a telephone line with your backhoe... oh, what, you mean there's people affected by that all over the country?
Yep, that is why you don't see cut's along the old wiltel (now Worldcom) network. If you see a sign saying "High pressure natural gas" you do not dig, if you see a sign saying "Fiber cable" you dig carefully. I must admit, I have done some backhoe work and I dig carefully next to fiber, but don't get near utilities. :-(
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