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Equipment Falling Off Telephone Poles

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Ed.Kloonk:

--- Quote from: Red Squirrel on November 21, 2020, 07:29:59 am ---Cut it and send it in to mailbag for a teardown.  :-DD

Actually I see those in my area too, and I don't believe they are the telco's but the cable company's so I'm guessing something to do with coax, but maybe fibre.  They appear to have an antenna so I imagine they are some kind of active equipment that they can remote into from their truck.  I don't know how it would be powered though.    Sometimes telcos will have equipment on poles but they usually have a hydro meter and service going to it. 

Speaking of equipment falling off poles, I got a call for this once, I had to go check it out after my shift because the idea was pretty hilarious when they described it to me on the phone. 


 


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I don't see shoes hanging on power lines anymore.

tggzzz:

--- Quote from: Yansi on November 20, 2020, 08:19:23 pm ---Funny stuff those American wires  (even HT) on poles in residential areas...

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UK as well. Here's the power line in my village. Each house gets connected to the bottom plastic coated cable, plus one of the others.

Halcyon:

--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on November 24, 2020, 08:25:39 am ---
--- Quote from: Red Squirrel on November 21, 2020, 07:29:59 am ---Cut it and send it in to mailbag for a teardown.  :-DD

Actually I see those in my area too, and I don't believe they are the telco's but the cable company's so I'm guessing something to do with coax, but maybe fibre.  They appear to have an antenna so I imagine they are some kind of active equipment that they can remote into from their truck.  I don't know how it would be powered though.    Sometimes telcos will have equipment on poles but they usually have a hydro meter and service going to it. 

Speaking of equipment falling off poles, I got a call for this once, I had to go check it out after my shift because the idea was pretty hilarious when they described it to me on the phone. 


 


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I don't see shoes hanging on power lines anymore.

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Kids these days are too busy with their Instagrams and TikToks to even notice there is a sky up there... let alone cables. Even if they did, I'm not sure many of them could put two and two together?

edy:
Could it be something like this?

https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2019/11/05/do-cable-companies-have-a-wireless-advantage/fiber-optic-termination-splice-point/

Fiber-optic-termination-splice-point:





This may be the Fiber Optic Splice Enclosure you see hanging down (Google it and you'll see tons of videos and images):

Mr. Scram:

--- Quote from: Red Squirrel on November 21, 2020, 07:29:59 am ---Cut it and send it in to mailbag for a teardown.  :-DD

Actually I see those in my area too, and I don't believe they are the telco's but the cable company's so I'm guessing something to do with coax, but maybe fibre.  They appear to have an antenna so I imagine they are some kind of active equipment that they can remote into from their truck.  I don't know how it would be powered though.    Sometimes telcos will have equipment on poles but they usually have a hydro meter and service going to it. 

Speaking of equipment falling off poles, I got a call for this once, I had to go check it out after my shift because the idea was pretty hilarious when they described it to me on the phone. 


 


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Those cables are hard to spot at night.

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