Well, the guy is here right now putting down the cable. It's Sunday afternoon, and we've been having drenching, flood-inducing rain in this area, the likes of which haven't been experienced for 50 years.

I heard and saw him manually digging a trench with a flat shovel not too far from the coax for cable and the DSL. He assumed the fiber would be coming down the same pole as that service. But it won't be -- I directed him to the other pole and then showed him where on the house the technician wants to put the box. He was glad -- he can use his machine to dig the trench. That's the noise you'd be hearing now if you were sitting next to me.

His English is not good, so I wonder if he read the requisition that identified the utility pole and "Northwest corner of house." Or perhaps I'm wrong. We'll find out soon.