Re: Cutting corners? in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r17797780 en Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:14:00 EDT Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:14:00 EDT Re: Cutting corners? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17801347 cdru :
said by fireflier See Profile :

I noticed that too. Who's marking the lines for Verizon? Sounds like whoever that is needs better records or equipment.
The mayor of the town I work in recently stopped my my work to talk about a variety of upcoming construction projects that would have an affect in the area. One of the things he commented on was an ongoing project to completely upgrade and separate storm and sewage sewer lines. He said that in many cases, they had to refer back to a several decade old notebook they just happened to stumble on in the archives to determine the location of old sewer lines. Other then that book, there was no maps or anything. And the book was even cryptic as it was the notes book a previous city engineer kept everything in.

My point is in some areas, the company in charge of coming out and marking lines isn't at fault because the actual utility owner kept bad records.

I would imagine that the type of infrastructure upgrade has a lot to do with the number of "hits" the contractor does. I'm 28 years old and in my relatively short life, I have never seen a major infrastructure upgrade where a complete neighborhood has been required for cable tv, telephone, cable, etc with the exception of fiber. This isn't just about stringing up new wires on a telephone line or burying a new trunk, it's going into each and every neighborhood in a city or town and laying miles of fiber everywhere. You are going to have a lot of criss-crossing of wires and pipes and whatnot, and issues like this are bound to happen, especially if the existing infrastructure isn't marked off.
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Go Colts]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17801347 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:02:59 EDT Re: Cutting corners? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17799877 nixen :
said by Loker See Profile :

whats all this then? Verizon cutting corners? it can't be!
To be fair, it's generally the "lowest bidder" contractors that are cutting "corners".

-tom]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17799877 Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:30:35 EDT Re: Cutting corners? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17798707 Yaco : I think a few other people are cutting corners.. Not just VZ.
Here in my town in NNJ everything is marked pretty well.
Lee ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17798707 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:31:45 EDT Re: Cutting corners? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17797890 fireflier : I noticed that too. Who's marking the lines for Verizon? Sounds like whoever that is needs better records or equipment.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17797890 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:28:07 EDT Re: Cutting corners? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17797816 Loker :
said by Ahrenl See Profile :

no, they're cutting wires and sewer, they've left the corners alone..
don't forget the Azaleas....
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"While preceding your entrance with a grenade is a good tactic in Quake, it can lead to problems if attempted at work." -- C Hacking]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17797816 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:17:52 EDT Re: Cutting corners? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17797780 Ahrenl : no, they're cutting wires and sewer, they've left the corners alone.. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17797780 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:11:15 EDT Re: Cutting corners? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17797519 Nightwchtr : That maybe be somewhat true but it also did report alot of the mishaps are due to poorly marked areas by the utilitie companys aswell.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17797519 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:34:27 EDT Cutting corners? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17797488 Loker : whats all this then? Verizon cutting corners? it can't be!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17797488 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:29:58 EDT