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I can vouch for the stupidity in poles and wires as well.
I had my house rewired about 20 yrs ago.
2 years ago, i got a knock on the door and a note that my wire to the house was "too low" over my driveway and would have to be replaced.
I told em to nick off and i wasnt paying. They said no probs, its free??
( and that i had no choice )
They added riser struts to the pole and still couldnt get the clearance, so had to add safety trip joints so the wire would break if a truck hit it.
Anyone who has seen my drive knows you wont get a truck up it :-)
When they finished, i asked why they hadnt done my neighbour, who still had an ancient two wire ( with uninsulated neutral and porcelain insulators ) going to her house from the same pole at the same time.
She was with a different retailer
All i can say is a lot of the money appears to be going into the pockets of the massively duplicated ( and bloated ) boards, executives, management, HR and advertising for each of these myriad new retailers.
The people who did the wires were only subbies??????
The old SECV may have had a few rorts going on in it, but it was probably still cheaper than what we have now, and it actually trained apprentices along the way.
Andrew
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