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Hampton
3 years agoNeighbour
Telus Telephone Boxes in my backyard?
There are 2 of these Telus Telephone Boxes sitting in our backyard over 20 years and we would it to be removed. Not sure they are still functional or not because there are wires going underg...
polecat
3 years agoAll-Star
Hampton Those are major junction boxes. They would be on right of way not moveable If they were on your property there would be a easement notation on your property title. Very rare for that. You could go to city office an look up your property and the subdivision will show things. Big $ to move this . Looks like large pipe in ground 4 inch ? hundreds of wires in it.
- Hampton3 years agoNeighbourThanks for the info. The sticker got Telus name on it. 20 years I have never seen anyone comes by to check it out or do any maintenance on it. You can see the bottom of the boxes clearly get rusty.As a curiosity, what would happen if the box got knocked down accidentally?
- polecat3 years agoAll-Star
Hampton Hit by car the area around there --- no telephone------internet-------- could be days to repair it. It might be a large area also. People have medical life lines ------ security services ---- and other things. Could be really bad for some people who depend on the services on the wires.