Well, there's standards...
Like, I know that if I was going to use the telephone poles, I would need SSTP ethernet cable, metal keystones, and dedicated grounding steaks at both ends...
You need waterproof "direct burial" rated UTP to run it underground, and it's much cheaper...
and then there's this place.
Digging is scary, and you never know what kind of old wiring, burned down building foundation, or mystery metal object you're going to find.
I had a telegraph insulator fall out of a tree, bounce and clock me right in the knee painfully.
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