No idea if this is the right place to ask. Can I do anything about the above?

Switching ISPs multiple times over the years since the late 90s I’ve accumulated multiple buried internet cables along the sides of my house and in my yard, which are all deactivated. I’ve pulled off the dead cables from my house exterior along my siding, and I encountered the buried ones digging for different reasons (new garden, etc), called 811 and had them mark live cable locations, and afterward I literally ripped all the dead cables out of the ground myself after maneuvering around the single active cable for my current ISP, which is- unfortunately but understandably- laid over top of all the others. I think I pulled up about 5-6 total. No mistakes occurred as I knew which were which from the markings (rather, all the dead ones were NOT marked), though it wasn’t exactly a fun process… (tbh I feel like the ISP should be obligated to remove all their cable waste when you cancel service, or else we’re just leaving waste in the ground under our own property, and it’s going to accumulate, sooo, forever? That doesn’t seem like a long-term solution to me.)

Well, due to rising prices (started at 49.99 to now 115.00 for the same exact service), I’ll be cancelling and switching services yet again. So I ask, is there any solution for a typical suburban property for having my cable NOT be buried as per usual? I’d prefer to not keep doing this going forward, when I inevitably cancel again I don’t want to have to rip it out of the ground again myself. And since I dig a lot in my yard, just leaving them all in the ground isn’t a solution for me. Is there such thing as an above-ground conduit that can go along a fence, or something? Thanks.

  • bkwSoft@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    Something to keep in mind is the buried lines and demarcation boxes on the side of your home are property of the respective utilities.

    They are intentionally left in place so if you switch back to said provider the infrastructure is already in place. And removal of their property could be considered theft unless you obtained permission from them.