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Originally Posted by Escapee
I think these contractors are pretty much all the same, I started digging in my partners back garden and put the spade through the coax. It was no more than 6 inches below the ground and I was unlucky enough to find a part without any duct. (The coax was directly in the earth) I also exposed the cable, again not in a duct as it entered the property and a few inches under the earth. In that location there was the remains of a brick wall in the ground and the installer had drilled through the wall at an angle to feed through the cable 
I notice the next door neighbours installation is not much better, they have cable tied the green duct to the top of the wire fence.
If costs are driven down to rock bottom this is the sort of workmanship to expect.  |
This is one reason I left after being in the Telecoms industry since 1987 as a private telecoms engineer I took a job with Kellys after I came back from 7 years abroad installing cat 5 and wireless. The standards of work is embarrassing and the managers sanction it. The big problem with kellys is they employ any body on the so called training course there was a lock smith, a tree surgeon, 2 x ex retail assistant managers and so forth, people with no experience and after a 9 day course are BT Open reach accredited, they then go into the real world of telecoms and have no idea and no body really gives a $h!t. there is also no support for these guys (who like us all just want a job) except get the job done.
