That's all "legacy" telecoms and plumbing. It's not like that any more. It's much worse now. Any basic problem involves digging up your entire garden and the

That's all "legacy" telecoms and plumbing. It's not like that any more. It's much worse now. Any basic problem involves digging up your entire garden and the street to find the pipe / cable which is pissing out water / gas / shit and piss. Oh and OpenReach can now charge you £150 to fix your line because it's a pain in the arse to dig everything up (for the 8th time in the year) because the ground is flooded and the SNR ratio goes off the scale. Keeps the contractors in business I suppose by my lawn looks like a fucking chess board...