[ian@huth]

Where I have seen streets being cabled they have always dug the pavement and road up where the cables are to go. Do they not use other methods of getting the cable in the ground similar to what British Gas used to get a gas supply into a house I used to own. To get the supply to me they had to cross two roads and then my garden. They did this by digging four holes and used a mole (I think that is what they called it) to bore between the holes and drag the pipe through.

I remember seeing a TV program that showed how they laid services in a huge development somewhere abroad (States I think). They used specially designed kerb edge stones which carried the services within them with access points outside each property. These kerb edges had holes every few inches which took surface water off the road.

Isn't there some method of extending the cabled areas more cheaply or is it a question of if you got it you're lucky, if you haven't you never will.