Fiber cuts, telcos and excavators

Sun Oct 17 01:44:04 UTC 1999

Hal Murray sez:
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> Why is the contractor waiting around?
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> I thought the standard practice was to mark the limits of the area 
> you want to dig in with "USA" (Underground Service Alert) and then 
> call the USA 800 number a few days before you want to dig there.  
> That gives the USA people time to contact all the utilities so they 
> can come out and mark the area. 

[catching up]

Often the existing service will demand their guy be on-site to
observe the digging. This is usually being done by hand, and
maybe even trowels, not shovels.

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