Cutting a phone line (Telstra cable) can cost you $1000’s.
Why not call and hire a utility locator?
You could spend $200 to $500 to save $1000’s.
Sure, you could manually dig with a shovel and take 5 times as long to excavate the area, taking much longer to complete the project, Or you could call a utility locator and they can come out to site and in as little as an hour, Locate all your underground services and accurately mark them on the ground.
Let’s say that you choose the first option and don’t get the underground services located. You take out the clients telstra / NBN line. Sure, It can be fixed, But it’s disruption can cause much more damage than you think. With so many of us working from home at the moment and in the future, If you cut someone’s Telecommunication service, You’re cutting them from the outside world. Home Schooling, Banking, Working from home. The school teacher with 32 students in an online class doing an exam. Home security systems. Medi alarms.
Cutting or damaging this infrastructure can be life threatening, Just not in the way we normally think. We all rely so much on these services and we need to protect them. As a utility locator. We can generally locate a telephone line in about 5 to 10 minutes. Have it all marked out, protecting your service and pretty much the key to the outside world from home.
What if you were on a training course and had just paid $1000 for a two day event. A builder has just gone through the Internet / Telephone service. Or even the other way around. You’re holding an online course and have just charged $1000 for this two day course with 150 students.
Who is RESPONSIBLE for that loss?
There’s a lot of money coming through that cable.
You have just damaged that client’s service and reputation.
These are no longer “ just phone & Internet Lines “
These are people’s livelihoods
Call a utility locator and get your underground services located before breaking ground.
