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wz2p7j
wz2p7j Posts: 840
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Not sure where to post this so I thought I'd start here. Comcast came by today unannounced and ran a new cable to my house. Of course they didn't bury it and ran it right through one of my landscape areas where it will be extremely difficult for me to bury due to all the large tree roots there. So now I've got this big orange cable in my landscaping and whole bunch of company showing up tonight.

I decided to slightly re-route the cable and went outside to start the project but the Comcast guy used a connector type I'm not familiar with (pic attached). Can someone tell me what type of connector this is and how to unplug it without damaging it. Looks like a pair of pliers and a counter-clockwise twist would do it but I'd like to be sure.

Or suggest another thread where this question would be more appropriate.

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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    Looks like PPC compression fittings..the knurled portion is the part that tightens it..hold the hex with a wrench while backing off...
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  • wz2p7j
    wz2p7j Posts: 840
    OK - thanks. I'll give that a try.

    Chris
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,667
    Call them up have them rerun it correctly.
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  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    Call them up have them rerun it correctly.

    +1
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,536
    +2

    Don't let them get away with being lazy.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,904
    Usually the cable company runs the cable, and a contractor comes along later and buries it.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    Call them up have them rerun it correctly.

    One subcontractor runs a cable, and another one buries it. They'll get it right eventually...
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,794
    Have y'all ever seen what a two man "cable company contractor" crew can do to an underground utility? They don't care or get there before the locate crew.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,320
    lightman1 wrote: »
    Have y'all ever seen what a two man "cable company contractor" crew can do to an underground utility? They don't care or get there before the locate crew.

    I've seen several blown water mains and power/communication trunks blown up

    Even with locators
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    Call me crazy, but shouldn't they dig the trench first, then lay the cable, or do them simultaneously?
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,794
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    See that evil contraption on the back.... :s
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    I know the sprinkler companies in my area have a machine the cuts the lawn, makes a furrow, lays the flexible pipe, then tamps the lawn back in place. I would think Comcast would have a similar type of machine.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,904
    edited November 2016
    When Time Warner did mine last year, it was a man with a shovel. He cut, lifted the sod and buried the cable just under it. It may be all of 1-1/2 deep.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,002
    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    When Time Warner did mine last year, it was a man with a shovel. He cut, lifted the sod and buried the cable just under it. It may be all of 1-1/2 deep.

    Exactly what Comcast does here in Illinois. Nobody is going to dig a trench anymore, nor should you, it's not needed.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,970
    edited November 2016
    FWIW, and for better or worse, our cable is in a conduit with (adjacent to) our utilities. Of course, they ("xfinity", aka Comcast) had to run something like 400 feet from the pole to get it here, though some fairly rough terrain.

    FWIW^2: Said condiut runs roughly across this photo from the middle left towards the trees on the right (which are along the road).

    28140000480_861d5d51c0_b.jpg081 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    Ditch Witch? My sprinkler company uses it. Not sure if it can be used for cable.

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,002
    Sprinklers are a different animal than cable. For normal residential stuff, not on 40 acres of land, they just flip it under the grass.

    The reason why they don't want to use machines or go lower than under the grass line is the liability of breaking something else in the process. Gas lines can be very shallow especially the ones to any lights on your property that use gas. Telephone is another, and if it's fiber optic your in for a world of hurt to repair it. Sprinkler systems another.

    Trust me, I know what this stuff costs to repair, it isn't worth the liability for a cable tv cable to go any deeper than below the grass. Russ knows too, I'm sure he's broken a thing or 2 in his day.....and I'm not talking chicks either. ;)
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,667
    edited November 2016
    Our cable comes overhead to us from Comcast in most of the city. Mine on the other hand comes off the dish into the house all of about 40' max :smiley: never touches the ground
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,970
    I managed to run my tiller though the phone line at our house in MA. I wasn't tilling very deep either. :blush:
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    Here in Ohio the cable company has small walk behind that tucks the cable just under the sod. It only leaves a small line in the grass that goes away in a week or two.
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