Comcast Cable Run from Pole
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@Dashrender said:
Can you describe how power gets from that pole (which if I'm understanding correctly is on the opposite side of the road vs the house in question) to the house?
It's aerial, just straight from the pole to the house.
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@Jason said:
The house I'm in now had direct burial coaxial ran before I was there it did get damaged do to a surge during a storm a few years ago and I had comcast replace it, no charge even for the ditchwitch.
Those charges were covered by insurance.
@Jason said:
It's about 100 foot from the corner of the house. I've been with them a long time so I'd hope they do it for free. They should know I'm not paying $2,300 for a $50 (or less) coaxial cable.
They will never make back the cost of building out to you anytime soon unless you subscribe to internet, phone and a lot of cable services. Running physical plant is expensive.
That said, 100' is not generally considered a plant extension. That is simply going from pole to house and contractors generally tack that up all the time.
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@JaredBusch said:
That said, 100' is not generally considered a plant extension. That is simply going from pole to house and contractors generally tack that up all the time.
Great point. You have to get Comcast to play ball, but you can probably have a contractor do the install of the Coax.
I wonder if they could just attach the coax to the power line from the pole to the house, or if it has to be a separate parallel run?
A friend had to have this done a few years ago, cost him around $500.
Then comcast needs to create a billing entry and cable node for you.
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@Dashrender said:
Great point. You have to get Comcast to play ball, but you can probably have a contractor do the install of the Coax.
You missed my point. None of the cable companies do most of the pole to house work any more. That is too expensive for them to maintain those technicians. If something goes pole to house, they have a group of contractors that do it all.
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@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender said:
Great point. You have to get Comcast to play ball, but you can probably have a contractor do the install of the Coax.
You missed my point. None of the cable companies do most of the pole to house work any more. That is too expensive for them to maintain those technicians. If something goes pole to house, they have a group of contractors that do it all.
But who hires those contractors... you or Comcast.
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@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender said:
Great point. You have to get Comcast to play ball, but you can probably have a contractor do the install of the Coax.
You missed my point. None of the cable companies do most of the pole to house work any more. That is too expensive for them to maintain those technicians. If something goes pole to house, they have a group of contractors that do it all.
Yeah comcast didn't even do it themselevs with the direct burial, they had come local redneck just show up in his truck lay the cable on the grass, then the next day a grew made a stop with a ditch witch before going to their normal construction site.
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@Dashrender said:
@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender said:
Great point. You have to get Comcast to play ball, but you can probably have a contractor do the install of the Coax.
You missed my point. None of the cable companies do most of the pole to house work any more. That is too expensive for them to maintain those technicians. If something goes pole to house, they have a group of contractors that do it all.
But who hires those contractors... you or Comcast.
Comcast.
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@Dashrender said:
But who hires those contractors... you or Comcast.
Comcast always. You are not allowed to touch poles by law in almost every municipality. Those are OWNED by others. Why is this even a question?
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@JaredBusch said:
@Dashrender said:
But who hires those contractors... you or Comcast.
Comcast always. You are not allowed to touch poles by law in almost every municipality. Those are OWNED by others. Why is this even a question?
I mentioned about that my friend was told that he had to hire his own contractor to run replacement cables from the pole to his house for power. It wasn't done by the power company.
