> Both my local well stocked independent hardware store and electrical
supply
> house (here in Virginia) sell direct burial telephone 2 or 3 pair. It is
the
> same type the Verizon phone company uses. Costs about $.26 a foot. It has
a
> solid copper inner jacket, plastic covered, and the wires are floating in
a
> clear waterproof jel. A little messy to work with if you're not used to
it, but
> very waterproof.

There are comments after the quotes.

http://www.2600.com/news/display.shtml?id=322

"Just for the fun of it, we've gone and registered
VerizonShouldSpendMoreTimeFixingItsNetworkAndLessMoneyOnLawyers.com. We look
forward to seeing their legal threat for THAT one. (This domain uses the new
63 character maximum length name - some browsers may complain about this.) "

Unfortunately, that domain seems to have finally expired.  Now, maybe I'm
just silly, but do you really *want* to use the same cable as Verizon?

*blink blink*

--Brendan

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