Lately while walking the dogs I've noticed a lot of unused cable dangling down from the (quaint) phone poles all around our town. As far as I can tell from both its position on the pole and the appearance of the cable end that it's mostly POTS or coax. In some cases there might be 20-30 yards of the stuff left behind. When I first noticed I thought it was a one-off, but since I've been noticing I've found examples all over town.

Why do the companies do this? Can I snip it off / tape it up / dispose of it? I'm glad to post a photo if anyone thinks it might help.

I've added a photo to make more clear the type of wire I mean. This is clearly coax. It's also clearly not carrying a dangerous current, given that it's (coax, and) just lying on the ground about 30 yards from the door to a school.

Lately while walking the dogs I've noticed a lot of unused cable dangling down from the (quaint) phone poles all around our town. As far as I can tell from both its position on the pole and the appearance of the cable end that it's mostly POTS or coax. In some cases there might be 20-30 yards of the stuff left behind. When I first noticed I thought it was a one-off, but since I've been noticing I've found examples all over town.

The photo below shows the type of wire I mean. This is clearly coax. It's also clearly not carrying a dangerous current, given that it's (coax, and) just lying on the ground about 30 yards from the door to a school.

Is there a reason why utility technicians do this? Can I snip it off / tape it up / dispose of it?

Lately while walking the dogs I've noticed a lot of unused cable dangling down from the (quaint) phone poles all around our town. As far as I can tell from both its position on the pole and the appearance of the cable end that it's mostly POTS or coax. In some cases there might be 20-30 yards of the stuff left behind. When I first noticed I thought it was a one-off, but since I've been noticing I've found examples all over town.

Why do the companies do this? Can I snip it off / tape it up / dispose of it? I'm glad to post a photo if anyone thinks it might help.

Lately while walking the dogs I've noticed a lot of unused cable dangling down from the (quaint) phone poles all around our town. As far as I can tell from both its position on the pole and the appearance of the cable end that it's mostly POTS or coax. In some cases there might be 20-30 yards of the stuff left behind. When I first noticed I thought it was a one-off, but since I've been noticing I've found examples all over town.

Why do the companies do this? Can I snip it off / tape it up / dispose of it? I'm glad to post a photo if anyone thinks it might help.

I've added a photo to make more clear the type of wire I mean. This is clearly coax. It's also clearly not carrying a dangerous current, given that it's (coax, and) just lying on the ground about 30 yards from the door to a school.