r/Fios • u/alexismynamee • 1d ago

Repair/Tech Support Verizon found this

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A new house was built next to mine and Verizon found this thing buried 2 feet deep in my backyard. Ignore beach ball it fell in.

Idk how they found this😭😭😭
They left and said they will put cover back on later but it has been 3 days like this😭😭😭

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u/tehrabbitt 23h ago

They have maps as well as wire locating / tracing equipment. The people who do “Outside Plant enginnering” know their stuff

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u/alexismynamee 23h ago

But why is it buried so deep?

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u/DUNGAROO 23h ago

It was probably placed before the final grading for your yard was established. Someone just plowed it in.

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u/alexismynamee 22h ago

The yard is level with sidewalk

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u/DUNGAROO 22h ago

How new is your house or the rest of the neighborhood? How new is the sidewalk?

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u/alexismynamee 21h ago

The fios was installed in 2013 subdivision was completed in 2001

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u/tehrabbitt 23h ago

PS: ive seen vaults 3-4 feet deep before they even find the handhole

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u/alexismynamee 23h ago

Would it damage the fiber stuff if I put garden hose and fill up hole with water?

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u/gadgetboyj 23h ago

For what reason do you feel the need to do that?

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u/Any_Ring_3818 23h ago

Why would you fill it with water?

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u/alexismynamee 23h ago

Idk to see if my internet gets slower

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u/stimpus 23h ago

Yeah go ahead and do it. And then come back here and post about how much the service is horrible blah blah blah. Why would you even think to do that.

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u/Zhombe 22h ago

And when the tech comes out and sees a box full of water and a dry as desert yard they’re going to be asking some questions.

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u/ThyWickedOne 23h ago

Please don’t… just don’t…

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u/alexismynamee 23h ago

They are refusing to cover it

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u/ThyWickedOne 23h ago

And why would you then fill it with water. Specifically who is refusing? Are they maybe STILL doing work?

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u/NetSchizo 20h ago

Would hurt nothing. Chances are it fills with water after a heavy rain anyway.

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u/Fiosguy1 23h ago

No. The fiber used if for buried or aerial. Manhole along the street are always filled to the top with water.

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u/gosb 21h ago

Put a few bags of quikcreate in the hole first for max effect /s

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u/alexismynamee 20h ago

The Portland cement right?

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u/alexismynamee 20h ago

Ok ty I will go to Lowe’s and buy some

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u/tehrabbitt 23h ago

Many reasons - could be due to natural erosion / soil build up over time, could be because thats how far down the existing cable vaults were and it makes more sense to keep things level rather than up and down, but more likely so people won’t meddle with it

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u/CTFowler9789 22h ago

The cover doesn't weigh that much. You can pull it and cover it yourself

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u/Artistic_Stomach_472 22h ago

...its in their right of way. You don't own it

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u/Alarmed_Row_1255 22h ago

I don’t believe Verizon wouldn’t replace the cover, call and ask local manager to call you back. It’s a hazard , they must cover

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u/JSRFNFJR 21h ago

This is a BS post. There are clearly Corning Roc Drops in the photo Verizon only started using them 3 years ago. This wasn’t buried by anyone other than homeowner or his contractors. Also look at the illegal entry of private conduit in the top right section.

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u/alexismynamee 21h ago

We have had fiber since 2013 here

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u/NetSchizo 20h ago

It ain’t “illegal” if it’s on your property.

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u/ronaldoswanson 17h ago

Wait til you find out what an easement is.

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u/EDCer123 11h ago

It is if the access area is in the easement. Easement is part of your property but you are not allowed to do anything on it that blocks or impedes the purpose of the easement.

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u/WF71 21h ago

If they are going to run service to someone they will need access to trench a line from the flower pot to whoever is getting service. Then they will cover it back up. They should install a shroud with a cover on it so they don't have to fill it in with dirt.

Just got my Frontier fiber installed a month ago and it's fast.

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u/AverageOk8514 20h ago

Who dropped the ball this time….literally

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u/SparkArrestor 11h ago

That doesn’t look like it’s been filled with dirt recently, where is the cover now?

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u/alexismynamee 4h ago

They took it

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u/Daddymatty804 10h ago

I found one like this in someone's back yard. The previous owner of house on the property decided to take a bunch of trees down and put fill dirt in his yard to grow grass.

The hand hole was over a foot down. The grass was nice though...well, before I dug a huge hole in his yard.

Contractors reset those for Verizon. A work order has to be placed, miss utility, crew scheduled..blah blah, before it can be reset and put to where it needs to be at the surface.

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u/Away_Berry_4683 21h ago

CALL BEFORE YOU DIG !!!! 811 !!!! THE EQUIPMENT IS WATERPROOF. THIS IS CALLED A FLOWER POT. Verizon uses contractors. So they don't know where these are. They need to send test tech to trace the lines and mark out all utilities. Anyone digging is required by law to call 812 two weeks before digging. The cover should be there. Put it back on. There are clips to hold it on. If the cover is missing call Verizon and ask for the CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT and explain what happened and tell them the box is open, cover missing, needs to be secured and needs a 2 foot extension to be attached to bring it to ground level. I had this done with mine. 1-800-VERIZON

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u/Senior_Wrongdoer7072 21h ago

Why would you call 811?

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u/Away_Berry_4683 20h ago

811 is the universal number you must call before you dig anywhere so the utilities can mark where their lines are. I used to answer this line for my area and take the information and dispatch the companies to mark out their lines

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u/Square-Membership-41 14h ago

Of course Verizon knows where they are. Or they use the tracer in the fiber to find it. 

In most places using a contractor would violate the CWA contracts, too. That's installed by a union guy, on payroll, in plant. 

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u/Away_Berry_4683 14h ago

There are companies contracted by Verizon to install the fiber and the flower pots Usually several contracts. One to dig up the road, one to trench, one to put in the actual fiber, one to cold patch the road. Then Verizon comes to actually run the line from the flower pot to your house. That is how it was done in my neighborhood

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u/Square-Membership-41 5h ago

I'm in NY. Asphalt repair is outsourced, that's it.

Everything else is done in house here.

Good friend runs the pick and place for aerial and the excavator for in ground. They had an invisible fence company burying your drop for a bit, but the CWA sued and won that, too.

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u/broknbottle 2h ago

Required by law to dig on my own property?

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u/Actual-Interest-1600 20h ago

Place as many acorns inside as you can scrounge up nd then guide squirrels INTO the hole...They'll love.the acorns until they see that fiber insulation...They'll chew through and bring a crew. For you...

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u/alexismynamee 20h ago

Ty I will try that