Cabling being buried down 235??
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aps45819
24/7 Single Dad
They don't do that
If they installed RG-223, they'd wind up needing CAT-5
If they installed CAT-5, they'd wind up needing fiber
A business doesn't buy and install any material unless ther's a need for it.
PrepH4U
New Member
Hey I heard the same thing! Something about the automatic road washer program.
clockaleanie
New Member
I bought a new Netgear modem, and it still wouldn't work. The Verizon India line told me they couldn't trouble shoot a netgear modem so I put the verizon one back on . Still didn't work! She did tell me that the reason my DSL was not working was because the DSL light was flashing. Thanks, I had kind of figured that out! AND that's not why it's not working, it just indicates there is a problem. This has been going on for about 3 months. Got the Verizon man out yesterday and of course it was working fine. Fingers crossed it has been working for 24 hours now, bet it doesn't last! I do have his cell phone number now so I can bypass India if it goes down again. GRRR!!!
Severa
Common sense ain't common
Have you had the phone jack checked for possible problems? When we were having issues with Verizon DSL the culprit was a faulty phone jack. It's been smooth sailing since it was replaced *knock on wood against any further problems*
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Hodr
Guest
They don't do that
If they installed RG-223, they'd wind up needing CAT-5
If they installed CAT-5, they'd wind up needing fiber
A business doesn't buy and install any material unless ther's a need for it.
FYI, for infrastructure and especially for long haul cabling (except for underwater/seabed), 90+ percent of the cost is the labor, not the materials. If there is even the slightest chance that they will have future upgrade needs, or the possibility of leasing / selling the dark fiber, they will run significantly more than they need.
This is why my parents have fiber running through their property that was laid in '96 when the community was built, so that they could someday sell it to a service provider (which has not yet happened).
sockgirl77
Well-Known Member
Bob, call Miss Utility or check their webpage for your street. It'll list who is doing the work and for whom their doing it for. 
bfncbs1
Can you ping me now? Good
It appears the work is being done by MBC. Not Verizon.
sockgirl77
Well-Known Member
Such a handy site
Miss Utility > Search & Status > Ticket Just put Coastline as the excavator and you'll see all the recent tickets. God I miss my old job. :sad:
Miss Utility > Search & Status > Ticket Just put Coastline as the excavator and you'll see all the recent tickets. God I miss my old job. :sad:
itsbob
I bowl overhand
Bob, call Miss Utility or check their webpage for your street. It'll list who is doing the work and for whom their doing it for.
Directional boring by Wolfe Communications for MD Broadband.
Sounds like fibre to me.
itsbob
I bowl overhand
I assume MBC is Maryland Broadband Cooperative. A State/ County Entity. The servicing company will more than likely be Verizon.
sockgirl77
Well-Known Member
If you keep going thru all the recent tickets it should show which type of cable is being buried. I have a call into a UG guy that lives in that area. If there's work being done there he'll know exactly what's being done. I'll update when I get the call back.
BadGirl
I am so very blessed
The area defined in that work ticket covers just a very small area.....maybe less than a quarter area distance. The lines being buried now go far beyond the area identified on the ticket. But I am probably reading it wrong.
itsbob
I bowl overhand
Wolfe has a ticket in for every driveway, and every intersection they have to bore under to run the cable.. I'm sure Wolfe isn't going to be laying the cable, but more than likely just doing the digging.
sockgirl77
Well-Known Member
Bob, every UG contractor I've ever dealt with buries the cable and does the digging. Otherwise Verizon or whomever would be paying 2 contractors to do the job.
And BG, there are a ton of open tickets for the area. If I wasn't on my phone I'd take the time to look thru them but my BB sucks today.
And BG, there are a ton of open tickets for the area. If I wasn't on my phone I'd take the time to look thru them but my BB sucks today.
itsbob
I bowl overhand
The area defined in that work ticket covers just a very small area.....maybe less than a quarter area distance. The lines being buried now go far beyond the area identified on the ticket. But I am probably reading it wrong.
A neighbor is putting in an in-ground pool.. We should go visit!!
sockgirl77
Well-Known Member
My reliable source says that the cable is being put in for government use. I also was told that Verizon is dumping a lot of their DSL service to Frontier in this area. Service with the will suck so badly that more people will be switching to MetroCast.
BadGirl
I am so very blessed
We don't get MetroCast in our small neighborhood. We have expensive satellite tv
and a backdoor way to access internet at home.I'd rather have cable.
chernmax
NOT Politically Correct!!
Talking directly with the contractor, the Fiber is going to Pax!!!