Yes, you can connect your modem directly to the line from the street.
Yes, you can connect your modem directly to the line from the street.
By law in the US a local authorization has to be open, marked and approved until any digging can occur or you get a $10,000 fine. You hit a water or electrical line and you are taken to court. This request is opened and required to be completed in one months time by the following companies in the area Electric water sewer Regional ISPs Transport ISPs (dark fiber) This can easily get 10+ companies involved for every single bury request. One month is the required finish date but not all companies can complete which on average for us is 1 1/2 months from request for authorization. Combine this with coordinating with the customer and easily can result in 2-2.5 month waiting period. The is the law and how it averages out. The are emergency digsafes that can be filed for digging but that requires specific situations. We have a digsafe request made in August that is still in PENDING. This is due to the Municipality marking partially but requiring to migrate existing conduit to allow for the run. This is out of our control yet construction is still in place and active. For residential this still applies, those requirements above are still done for you. This week my OSP team has gotten 73 new order. Its fucking Wed and a team of 15. Now take the 100+ orders a week, the 2 month waiting periods and now They are a 1000 orders deep. Let me reiterate that we are a regional ISP . Regional and just my team out of 10 teams is about 100 orders per week. Scale this to Comcast. This is why I said its been proven in this field to open a new ticket when the time comes around. There is no calendar large enough to hold all the open and stagnant orders. I would love to see you in the dispatch department. The property owner is liable. Un-buried or aerial cable is required to be flagged, marked or orange sheathing. If its not the ISP is liable. Its pretty cut and dry. If your cable is to be buried its reflected in the installation charge. I guarantee you are pointing at the $100 installation charge that you appear to be enough to bury cable. The absolute lack of understanding on how involved being an ISP, municipal, Telecom is hilarious with your understanding that is just that easy. Your sense of scale just doesnt exist. Please show me any evidence you have on laziness vs actually running a business and following regulations. I cannot say enough how much ignorance is in your post.