About a month ago I got a notice from the city. New sidewalks, curbs & water supply work was afoot. This week, they arrived with a vengeance. I was in NYC on Tuesday when they tore out the old sidewalk. Along with our 3 phone lines (2 are my 800 # & a fax line btw). Surprisingly, they missed the cable line which is a usual victim of any digging project.
Bell Canada repaired the lines on Wednesday. The sidewalks were poured that day too.
Thursday they pulled the forms & backfilled the area around the sidewalks. And took out our home phone line in the process. They other 2 still work.
Just before 5 today, they tore out the sidewalks . . . but no more lines . . . yet.
The Bell man (a nice Jamaican guy with far far too much cologne) was here an hour ago & confirmed that our phone was out. Gee thanks. He handed me a copy of the report he was submitting that said:
He couldn’t do anything because there was no brown phone box nearby for a temp line & he didn’t have the underground wire detection equipment. We might see someone tomorrow.
Underground service might beautify the neighborhood but it is a royal pain when anyone digs a hole.
Ian
btw And yes, I have already started drinking which is why I am so calm.
