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johndburger t1_j9zgl76 wrote

Reply to comment by bcardarella in Comcast left a note stating they plan to dig up my lawn upgrade a line. I don't even have Comcast and I don't want them digging. How can I stop this? by bcardarella

You’re not really answering the question. Are you sure there is not an existing easement on your property? Nothing in all the papers you signed when you bought the house? If there’s an existing line as you indicated, it wouldn’t be surprising that they have an easement.

Not sure about Boston, but many cities have generic easements in place for all utilities, and the 2015 Net Neutrality legislation classified broadband as a utility.

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bcardarella OP t1_j9zgrxr wrote

There is no easement. I checked for any when I bought the property in 2017.

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imseasquared t1_j9zxkve wrote

By "checked for any" do you mean you looked at the title exam for the property? Just because your deed didn't contain easement language doesn't mean that a deed into a prior owner did and somewhere in the chain of title the easement was accidentally omitted. I can't tell you how many deeds I've seen that were just cut & pasted from the last deed without any verification that the property description is accurate.

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bcardarella OP t1_j9zym5p wrote

It was 2017 so I forget which town office it was but I requested to know about any easement claims that may be on the property as part of our due diligence when purchasing. I was told there aren't any and we haven't given permission for any since then.

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bostonaliens t1_ja0xw3p wrote

Easements run with the land. Where my bird lawyers at?

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lenswipe t1_ja0wubo wrote

> the 2015 Net Neutrality legislation classified broadband as a utility

Trump-era FCC rolled back that I think...not sure if they rolled back only parts of it, or all of it..

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