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Numerous Coax Cables in Yard
I am in the process of cleaning up a flower bed that runs the length of my back fence line. Part of that processes is hand tilling the dirt, pulling weeds, and removing roots.
In the process of doing this I've uncovered at least 5 thin round black coax lines (like really old line like I used to have in my house in the 80s). I've also found what looks like two separate lines that are wrapped in plastic orange sleeves and seem relatively new. Finally, one more unwrapped orange coax that looks like may be the run to my house (though what I have coming out of the ground at the house is wrapped in orange sleeves.)
No more than about 2 months ago we had the yard marked for a sprinkler system and the the last unmarked orange coax is what was marked as coming to the house. But I'm just not sure since it looks much more worn out than the large plastic wrapped runs I've come across.
None of these cables are now or ever were buried more than about an inch under the dirt. Less than a hand scoop down. Some were simply tucked up next to old landscape timbers and were visible the moment a timber was removed. So needless to say I basically have a flower bed with wires all over it now. (That's not including about 30ft of old coax that came up at both ends where it had previously been cut.)
I don't care if I have the cables buried in the bed, but there is so many of them I have to cut some, and potentially have some rerouted. More importantly they should be deeper than half a shovel blade shouldn't they?! I can't work around all of that!
How do I get this all cleaned up without killing mine or my neighbors cable? Is there a way I can tell which cables are carrying a signal so I know which are safe to remove?
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4 years ago
Hi, @user_aba64b. Thanks for visiting our community forums and bringing this issue to our attention. We can help get someone out to review the lines in your yard.
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@user_aba64b
FWIW, it sounds like your flower bed is on the easement. All of the cables for Comcast, AT&T, and any other utility run through the easement as well. Those cables are most likely tied to your neighbors' systems and if you cut them you'll disconnect them. Granted, from the sounds of it they probably should be replaced, though. I had the pedestal in my back yard and everyone's line connection went right down the fence line to that pedestal. AT&T needed to lay fiber right in the corner of my yard, right where my wife had planted a whole bunch of pretty flowers which were unceremoniously destroyed by AT&T's digging. And, when they were finished, they never bothered to cover the hole between my yard and my neighbor's yard; one of my six small dogs took an opportunity to dig the hole again while another thought it would be fun exploring my neighbor's yard - several times! AT&T did finally come and repair the hole filling it in back up to the fence line where the dogs could no longer escape, but they never offered to replace the flowers that were destroyed. [We had no idea at the time those lines were on our easement since there was a pedestal two houses up and that neighbor should have been connected to that pedestal.]
So, this is just a first hand FYI. If anything needs to be repaired or replaced, your pretty garden may need to be torn up, but at least Comcast is good about repairing damage. It's that "easement thing", you know. 😉
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4 years ago
Thanks to the assist from Jay, everything got worked out.
Ultimately there were 7 Comcast lines in various conditions...only one of which had any form of wrap on it. Turned out it wasn't even my current live on either. Working with the tech, we pulled most of what we could up, or cut them when we couldn't get them out.
There were additional cables as well, but he confirmed they weren't Comcast. I managed to figure out they were ATT. I traced some wires back to find what looked like some sort of hacky junction at the end of the flower bed. There was an assortment of cables of various sizes being spliced together in...get this...a pair of plastic bottles. Not heat sleeves or anything like that. No, literally 2 plastic bottles wrapped together. No labels, no markings, just a bunch of various gauge wires spliced together inside plastic bottles (reminded me a of dollar store bubble bottles). I decided to re-bury that mess and just walk away.
Anyhow, thanks for the hand Jay! I'm all set.
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