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AT&T Box on my property line
I have a situation where there is an AT&T box in my backyard, well I thought it was until I checked the city maps for my house and it turns out that the box is on my neighbor's property, or should be. Well to make it more interesting, my neighbor has had a fence built inside his property lines, excluding the box, which left the box on my side. Their fence is falling apart and they don't care to fix it, in fact they even built a new fence on their side leaving me with what you see in the picture. I want to build my own fence now, but unsure of what to do with this box, who has the legal requirement to provide access? Should my neighbor be responsible to provide access, right? who should I consult? the city? or AT&T? would appreciate any advice here on what to do. Oh and the box number is the same as my neighbor house number.
white line is where my property line is and where I want the new fence to be
my thoughts
Former Employee
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22.5K Messages
23 days ago
Easement is a specific distance on either side of the property line, that is what has to be accessible… in my state the easement is 8 feet on either side which means 16 feet wide access.
If someone wanted to build a fence without allowing access they should place the fence in their yard beyond the easement, meaning you and neighbor would in essence need to create an alleyway along with all neighbors of either side who erect a fence, otherwise techs must be allowed to access to work in the easement, if access is needed from your property to gain access to easement…
Under certain circumstances ATT can remove both fences to complete work in the easement… therefore best not to place any structure in an easement your not willing to have removed.
Recommend contacting your local government office that handles easement, normally county, if want a specific answer to question(s).
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John_Bolton
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22 days ago
Thanks. I called the city and one of the options they gave me is to call AT&T and request removal of the box if it is being unused. I have lived in this place for 6 years and no one ever has requested access to service it. What number I should call to request the box removal?
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my thoughts
Former Employee
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22 days ago
Not needing access does not mean not being used…
Wiring starts at a certain point such as cross box that spreads throughout the neighborhood, if one cable has 200 connections and starts down one street, crosses and comes back up the other… using 9 pairs dropped at each pedestal (two for each of four addresses to be serviced plus one spare) that is 22 pedestals total for that cable run, if your pedestal number 8, some wiring is left on a terminal under the cover while the rest are spliced to continue to the next 14 boxes. Thus while no direct connection for your house cannot speak about the other potential 100 houses that may use the service and thus the connections going through the pedestal in the yard.
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John_Bolton
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19 days ago
Ok thanks. Do you know a node box like this would be for landline phone service, internet, fiber or something else?
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my thoughts
Former Employee
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22.5K Messages
19 days ago
That is a copper pedestal and would be used to provide phone and internet service (Uverse platform). Since 2016 ATT has been installing/upgrading approximately 3 million addresses per year within their 21 state footprint. Fiber pedestal/ handhold would look different than the pedestal in the picture. There are over 60 million addresses within ATT footprint. There are over 131 million residential addresses in the US.
ZIP CODE?
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