I believe that’s actually just a tracer wire so the fiber line is able to be located
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Either way the metal wire should not be inside the home as also stated GLASS is an INSULATOR
That's what I was told by an AT&T fiber installer. The copper wire is just for locating buried cable.
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As an electrical engineer who has worked more years than I care to admit for an electric utility in a lightning-prone area, I've seen it do strange things. At my own home years ago, lightning struck a nail on an outer wall, went inside, blew the soles out of a pair of shoes, throwing them across the room. My insurance agent was amused when I took the shoes by his office when I submitted my claim for all the damaged electronics I had to replace.
HiddenLefty
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I will say that looks far better than most.
Do those grounds also directly connect to the ground at the main power disconnect and the grounds from the other utilities?
The same thing happened to me back in the late 60's, can't even get a dial tone now.
True. But the fiber optic cable in this area has a corrugated metal sheath just under the plastic jacket (like the shield in Heliax coax). All the way from the road to the box on the back of my house.
That sheath is supposed to be properly grounded at that point.
HiddenLefty
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Found a pole across the road directly from the one my line is on. Old pole nothing is on or connected to anymore but it blew the top to pieces, burnt it pretty good, and no doubt arced over from that. Very surprising there was no fire except that it was wet and rainy when that would have happened. The port it was connected to on the router is also dead now and no longer works I have discovered.
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Often the poles will have a copper grounding plate on the butt end (bottom of the pole that is in the ground) and a copper ground wire running to the top where it would attach to messenger wires or other hardware. Likely the lightning found that. No doubt put a lot of energy into the ground around the base of that pole.