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Can I call cable company and have them remove their cable run?

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Depending on where you live, and the local ordinances, if you do something to something that isn't your personal property, it can get you into hot water.
Best thing to do is just call them, and tell them to move their property.

Sure, if mother nature took care of the "issue" at hand, then it wouldn't be your fault...
 
If they refuse to do anything with the equipment they installed (depends on whether or not they acknowledge it as their equipment), then let "mother nature" take its course.
 
Eug said:
I highly doubt they would have done that with a buried line. (I think all the buried lines here are RG6.)
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I have a buried RG11. Tons and tons of trees between the house and the pole as well as being a long distance away. I didn't think they'd have much luck burying it but they got the job done. They'd never have been able to run it through the trees.

I had the house built and had the electrical buried because I didn't want a pole next to the house. Actually, it might have taken two poles to get from the road to the house. I paid for the big lines instead of the wimpy lines. The guy from Edison said the distance was right on the edge of what would work. With the smaller lines I might have flickering lights but with the big honkers I would have no issues and room for further expansion.
 
highland145 said:
Why not just coil it, zip tie and leave it by the pole? "If" you ever use them again, it may make life easier.
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If you do this, try to weatherproof the connector to keep water out. I just had a friend that had to argue with Comcast about his coax from the pole to the house being waterlogged. They were having all kinds of problems with TV, Internet and Phone. They would come out and dick around and come back and dick around never listening to what he said. He finally said look, follow me and I'll show you what the problem is. He disconnected the line and shook it and he told me, wouldn't you know it, no water came out like it had for me numerous times before.

In desperation he grabbed the line as high up as he could and "milked it" and a ton of water came out. The Comcast guy says, I think we need to replace the line.

Problem solved.
 
Elixer said:
Depending on where you live, and the local ordinances, if you do something to something that isn't your personal property, it can get you into hot water.
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This is the only sensible post in this thread. Utilities easements are there for a reason, and the cable is the property of the cable co., regardless of whether or not it crosses your property.
 
Atomic Playboy said:
Why bother? If he ever uses their service again, they're going to charge a $100 installation fee anyway; might as well get a new cable run out of it.
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Local cable company tried that when I rented my old house to a friend. "We have to run a line" There already is a line and it works. "But we..." No, you don't.

They finally realized that they weren't going to get to charge for it and turned the service on from their offices.
 
cut it at the house , pull it back to the pole and cut it again up as high as you can reach . Take the wire and toss it in a dumpster or in a trash can at the walled mart . The cable company only gets concerned when your bill is late .
 
If you have above ground utilities, aesthetics can only be achieved by disconnecting *all* cables....and hence live without utilities.


So glad I have underground.
 
The drop from the post to your house belongs to the Cable co. After that connection point, everything is yours. You can remove it without fear of repurcussion but at the same time if you want someone to do it for you, it's gonna cost you since it is not their cable nor their responsibility.

Same applies for satellite dishes. Once they are installed, they are yours since they are mounted to your personal property. Any affiliate cable is yours to attend to as you please. It's also your responsibility to maintain it.
 
I would just call them and ask. If they charge then say never mind and I'd just cut it, roll it up and tie it off near the junction box at the pole. Wear a high vis vest and hard hat, nobody is going to question you. 😛

I imagine they'd probably do it for free though, they wont do it fast but basically next time the tech is in that area he might just go and do it.
 
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