[geeks] adventures with electric utility companies

[Lionel Peterson]

> From: Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
> Date: 2004/07/29 Thu AM 07:58:53 GMT
> To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [geeks] adventures with electric utility companies

> What does Austin Energy do?  They send out one of those "buckets on a 
> crane" trucks, and use it to hold the pole upright while another truck
> digs a hole and erects another pole next to the old one.  When the concrete
> sets, they move most of the lines over to the new pole - but instead of moving
> the last set of lines over to the new pole, they leave them on the OLD pole,
> and just tack/brace the old pole to the new one with a 2x4 and some bolts.
> 
> WHAT THE HELL?

You do realize those lines that were left on the pole are Telco lines, and I assume the Telco will have to schedule the cable move...

I assume the power utility would charge the telco to move the cable, and the telco probably prefers to move their own cables...

Just a guess.