Homeowner Tip: Planning a home improvement or landscaping job that requires digging around your house? Before laying a spade to a blade of grass, call 811. Tell the operator where you live and the call will be routed to your local utility companies. Each local utility company will send a professional locator to your home to mark your lines. Once you know where your utility lines are, you can dig safely and not cut the line affecting your computer connection.
It’s worth a call, even for a small job like planting a tree. If you cut lines that affect your neighbors, you can be fined and get a bill for the repairs, which is almost as bad as losing your internet connection.
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