> In most of those cases I would be willing to bet that optical lines
 > were not where they were supposes to be on the map that the driver
 > had.

 JD> What maps.  It would more then likely mean that the contractor did
 JD> not bother to call to find out where the lines were located.  It is
 JD> a free service, so there is no excuse for not doing so.

in the US it is a free service... i guess that it may be free in canada,
too... however, the same cannot be said of the rest of the world...

FWIW: i've seen and used US teleco cabling maps, in the past...

)\/(ark