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May 10
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It seems that a DIYer managed to chop thru a fibre optic cable when erecting a fence, and he now owes BT £25,780. Read all about it here:
http://www.theregister.com/2004/05/10/bt_bill_cable/
What I'd like to know is how the devil did this guy manage to chop thru a fibre optic cable without meeting enough resistance to give him the idea that maybe he should stop digging?
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Bloody daft - tell BT the fibre cable should have been armoured or p1ss off I pay enough in phone bills.
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Tis in the paper, he was knocking a steel fencing spike into the ground at the front of his house.
According to BT he was pinching ground by moving his boundary forward.
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Isnt there a minimum depth the cable should be at?
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Be aware that none of the statutory authorities, (BT/gas/electricity/cable/water etc) will give any guarantee as to position, route or depth of underground services.
They will only advise APPROXIMATE location.
Be aware!!
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Well he got his punishment then:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/3770939.stm
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That was a different one Andrew.
This one wanted to see how long his kids could jump about before the house collapsed.
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When BT contractors were laying fibre optics recently in the grass outside my house I saw them using a standard trenching spade, but angled and to half its depth. This meant that the cables were about to buried approx. 4 inches under the surface. As I didn't want the entire lot to surface when digging my flower beds I went out and showed them how to dig a hole
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heeelllooo j d and welcome
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