dafman:

boosacnoodle:


In the public realm, yes.


Whether that applies to private property remains unclear. Their webpage says:


The cable running from the pole to your house is staying in place for now, along with any external equipment. We're focused on getting everyone connected to their new service as smoothly and efficiently as possible.


If you need to have any of the HFC equipment or cabling removed from the exterior or interior of your house, you're welcome to arrange this at your own cost. For safety reasons, we strongly recommend using a qualified technician.


Fair enough, that's from pole to house - I'm happy to arrange this, but what about the cable running from pole to pole along the street?


I send a nice email to jason.paris@one.nz and after answer a couple of questions a Downers Dude was there in 30 minutes to remove ours and our neighbour's HFC cables from our homes.
Perhaps I was just lucky!