Subj : phonelines above vs below
To   : Tommi Koivula
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon May 24 2021 14:09:00

Hello Tommi Koivula!

** On Monday 24.05.21 - 19:31, Tommi Koivula wrote to August Abolins:

 TK> There were about 5 kilometers of old telephone wire to my
 TK> house, but ADSL 10/1 was working perfect. Now it is gone.
 TK> :(

I just HAD about 100m of replacement/new phone wire strung up  
from the roadside to the pole on my property!  :D

From the pole, everything goes underground for about 50m to the  
house.


 AA>> I would assume that there is still plenty of above-ground
 AA>> poles to distribute electricity?

 TK> Yes, the poles still exist. But there is demand from our
 TK> government that power cables should be put underground.
 TK> And it costs money.

Installing underground creates its own problems.. especially  
when things called rocks get in the way.


 TK> But then it is storm proof.

Water damage could be a slow long-term concern though. Every  
spring, a lot of people complain about buzzing and crackling  
noises on their phone lines. I still have constant buzz/crackle  
on my POTS lines right now.

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  ../|ug

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