[kevinm55]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

You need to look at your Deed (& recorded easements) and your Plot Plan, very carefully. DO NOT assume what you've been told in this thread is accurate. As I posted, every easement is different.

Every Utility Easement is different. Don't assume the installers know what's allowed and not allowed. There's a very good chance that Quantum does not have an easement to locate anything "above ground". Again, it depends on the specific language in your easement.

In most cases, there are no longer "blanket easements". Easements must have an attached "plan" and a specific description of what's allowed (& what's not allowed).

Brian - thank you very much for this detailed response and recommendation to review all specific docs further. I will do that as soon as I possibly can.

[Stu from NYC]

The good news is Quantum can save you a lot of money over what you were paying xfinity.

Quantum dug up our lawn but all grew back and we now have their internet and saving quite a bit over xfinity

[kevinm55]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

The good news is Quantum can save you a lot of money over what you were paying xfinity.

Quantum dug up our lawn but all grew back and we now have their internet and saving quite a bit over xfinity

Thanks Stu - good to hear!

[margaretmattson]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

That is untrue.

It depends on what the easement is and what it is for.

People on TOTV keep talking about "Easements" and lump them all together. Every easement is different, for a different purpose, with different specifics what can be done or not done with the boundaries of the easement.

There is no "The Easement" !

Isn't this post specifically about the easement in front of his property? No landscaping especially trees are permitted.Utilities need direct access to repair, maintain, or replace.

[Kurtho]

Originally Posted by kevinm55

I was out of town and was surprised to learn that a quantum fiber installation project in Liberty Park was recently completed. I was stunned while watching the Ring camera footage which showed a worker using a large machine to remove massive amounts of my lawn and piles of dirt to dig trenches on both sides of my driveway to pull pipe and cable through my property. Further, they put some sort of large green plastic box (crooked and not secure between my property and my neighbors).

My front lawn is destroyed and will require hundreds of dollars and lots of work and time to restore it to the way it looked before this unauthorized work on and through my property. I will be pursuing recourse inclusive of having my front lawn re-sodded.

Are others familiar with this project and has anybody had a similar expedience? I will be curious to hear all thoughts. Willing to bet that this is somehow legal, however, I have never experienced any invasion/destruction of my own property in any other home I have ever owned…the lack of consent and and/or any form of compensation to homeowners all for the benefit of a company arbitrarily enhancing their infrastructure which they will make tons of money from just feels wrong on every level.

Anybody have this happen in their neighborhood and if so, how did it end in terms of repairs. Thx very much

Flyers were mailed/placed in doors. Looked like this:

[elle123]

Originally Posted by blueash

So often people have posted this wrong opinion about ownership. An easement is a legal grant to allow a utility to come on to your property that you 100% do own to do their work. Repeat, you own the land but a condition of ownership when you bought the land is you must allow certain specific activities on your land.

Actually, in certain circumstances, a private utility company can use eminent domain to acquire a portion of your lawn, even if it's a small part.

[JerseyShore]

Just about every deed I have ever seen includes an utility easement which gives the utility companies the right to enter your property to install and maintain their equipment.

[JerseyShore]

A right of way is an easement.

[Sabella]

Originally Posted by jrref

So, Quantum has the Century Link easement to replace the old underground phone lines with fiber. I'm 100% sure they notified everyone on your street where the work was to be done since it's a legal requirement. You probably missed it. That's on you. Either way, you don't have to give them permission and you have no legal recourse unless when they do restore your lawn, it's not done properly. Also, you would have to check but you probably don't own the land all the way to the curb where they are working even though you have to maintain it.

I would just make sure they restore your lawn to its former condition and if not, contact them and they will correct any problems. Quantum has been installing fiber over the past couple of years now and many have the same complaint as you have but at the end of the day, from what I've personally seen, they eventually do a great job restoring everything where you wouldn't have known it was disturbed.

That’s not what happened in my neighborhood about nine or 10 months ago. There were damaged irrigation systems, damaged lawn, dead pieces of your front lawn that crew replaced a few inches too high so the grass would not take root and regrow, dealing with workers that did not speak English and good luck finding the specific company in charge of all of this that you need to contact and make a complaint .

[Nana2Teddy]

I’m so jealous! They can do whatever they need to do to our lawn if it means much better internet than we get from Spectrum. We have no indication they’ll be adding fiber to our village (DeLuna) anytime soon. Fingers are crossed though! Our average of 11 mbps upload speed is a huge joke and pretty useless to me compared to the 100 we had with fiber before moving here.

[bowlingal]

Kevin....relax. It happens to all villages eventually. Grass grows back and you can't even tell they were there. Just make sure to water everyday for about 2 weeks.

[BlueStarAirlines]

Originally Posted by Nana2Teddy

I’m so jealous! They can do whatever they need to do to our lawn if it means much better internet than we get from Spectrum. We have no indication they’ll be adding fiber to our village (DeLuna) anytime soon. Fingers are crossed though! Our average of 11 mbps upload speed is a huge joke and pretty useless to me compared to the 100 we had with fiber before moving here.

I'm in Deluna and just did a test with Spectrum. 38.7 mbps upload wireless and 82.3 mbps wired. Do you have a slower plan and comparing it to your previous fiber?

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by JerseyShore

A right of way is an easement.

A "Right of Way" is an easement, but not all easements have a "right of way" ...

Nor does a "Right of Way" necessarily grant the right to install utilities.

A right of way is merely an easement (license) to pass and re-pass.

[RoadToad]

Originally Posted by Nana2Teddy

I’m so jealous! They can do whatever they need to do to our lawn if it means much better internet than we get from Spectrum. We have no indication they’ll be adding fiber to our village (DeLuna) anytime soon. Fingers are crossed though! Our average of 11 mbps upload speed is a huge joke and pretty useless to me compared to the 100 we had with fiber before moving here.

Do you mind sharinging as to what upload traffic you are generating that requires greater than 11 Mbps ? Just curious. We have several IP cameras that send to an AWS server and that never creates more than a 7 Mbps load.

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by elle123

Actually, in certain circumstances, a private utility company can use eminent domain to acquire a portion of your lawn, even if it's a small part.

Oh really?

A private entity has no right of Eminent Domain, without government authorization and only if for a public purpose. If land is taken by eminent domain, the owner is entitled to just compensation.

Facts matter.