As a native of the golden state of California it is difficult for me to comprehend that the ground can freeze, making it impossible to dig. A comment made at NTCA’s Key Employee Conference, reminded me of the challenge frozen ground presents to service providers that need to repair a buried drop. It is common for a service provider to leave a temporary drop on the ground, until they can come back after the spring thaw and bury a new cable.
Coincidentally, Roger Bindl created the above video several months ago showing how one telco (not an independent telco) that serves his mother fixed her drop in this manner. Roger filmed this "repair" to document a spot where aerial drop has laid on the ground for several years. The house repair was cleaned up within a couple days, but the pole-to-pole wire on the ground is still there. He is surprised how aerial drop wire, on the ground, can survive the blades of the lawn mowers and snow plows.
