Pay no attention to the long orange wire...

On Friday CenturyTel came and installed our phone service, via an orange temporary cable which will be replaced with a buried wire once the ground thaws. The wire is maybe 800' long, starting north of us on County N, traveling along the road and through two cuverts before reaching our house. The cable looks quite vulnerable, and I'd be surprised if it isn't accidently cut sometime before the permanent wire is installed.