Trees/branches tangled on phone/cable lines

Teanick1

Good day folks!

We are moving to the new home and have two (almost dead) trees on the front edge (sidewalk) of our property that are entangled in telephone and cable lines. We've checked with the local power company, and VDOT, and they've assured us that the wires are not theirs and we should contact our phone and cable company. We are curious to know if you do tree trimming or tree removal since the lines are completely surrounding the wires. According to VDOT, they can take down the tree if the cable company (Verizon) can trim the branches that are tangled on the cable or phone lines. But they cannot touch it at this time since the branches are tangled with the phone /cable lines.

I've been a long time FIOS and Verizon customer. I've called your customer service but they only connected me to different people, but did not give an answer, or they don't know what to do or where to direct my inquiry. I would appreciate if someone could take action on my request.

The trees are in Springfield, VA in Fairfax County. I can give you the exact address once I get a reply from you.

Thank you so much in advance!

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[Deleted User]

Hi Teanick1,

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