I was doing my usual Sunday walk to the Eastfield Mall and I walked by the junkyard in my neighborhood on the way and I noticed something new that there was a ground clamp on the meter socket so I looked up and I noticed a freshly installed Comcast drop and the ground block was right next to the service head for the electrical service. I think the tech got a little too close for comfort to power lines as I never see the Comcast techs wearing the same PPE (lineman's gloves, shock resistant vest and boots) that power crews wear when working on the lines. Even worse the line crosses under the electrical so a good wind would cause the electric and coax to cross each other.
I think this is the same node that serves my house as this is just a couple of blocks away.
Worse case scenario, the lines cross and delivers AC on the node (which is why all drops are supposed to be grounded).
A safer install would have used two anchors on the cable lines (one at the tap and one a few yards down the line to the aerial drop).
I am not affiliated with this business. I just like looking at infrastructure when I go on walks. I have called Western Mass Electric more than once on exposed wires.
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I've experienced ImOn (when they were McLeod USA), Mediacom, Comcast, and Time Warner and I currently have DirecTV. They are much better than broadcast TV.
I have not and will not cut the cord.
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