What would you say would be wrong with a new community built in 2005 (house as well) with no issues of this occuring up until a week and a half ago?
No in fact new neighborhoods sometimes see the most trouble for a couple of reasons.
1. All the lines are buried. Buried lines have a quarter of the lifespan of aerial wires, especially those used to connect the house from the main distribution cables.
2. The ground hasnt settled yet, as the ground settles the wires underground are subjected to pressure and are rubbed against rocks or are twisted and contorted. If you live in an area where the ground freezes in winter this makes it worse.
3. Alot of time construction that is occuring up the street may be responsible for cable cuts or sometimes the cables are just slightly nicked and tossed back into the ground because the contractors do not want to assume responsibility as they are chargd the price of the repair. Many people also landspace their yards and most people arent aware that their buried service wire connected to their house is located a mere inches below the grass.
4. Finally, all services must come from a node or main point of transmission. YOu might see them scattered abiout your neighborhoods they are large brown, grey or green boxes that stand roughly 4 feet above ground. In new neighborhoods that are located beside or near older neighborhoods, the cable that feeds the new neighborhood is usually branched off from the older cables that run from the central office to the connection boxes, this means that while the cable underground in your neighborhood may be 2 years old, the cables that feed the connection point may be as old as 20 years.
Trust me when i say that communication systems are not perfect, and unlike hydro transmission, if there is a very slight problem with the line, you will hear and see all sorts of weird stuff. Telephone lines get crossed all the time, pictures get fuzzy and yes even internet takes a crap. If all three of your services (phone, int, tv,) are fed through the same source, either phone line or cable line, all three will be affected at once.
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