It all depends on who owns the pole and the local convention. Here, in Western PA, the poles are pulled out, either by the power company or Verizon or their contractor. The power company will remove the pole within days if the pole is clean, but when the cable companies get around to doing a transfer and then Verizon does theirs, it could be months, even years. It's a terrible situation.

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