>> (2) and (4) create a high bar for an outfit like BT that will likely
>> have taken a risk based approach to whether a falling tree or whatever might bring
>> down phone lines.
I think they are fine on the phone line coming down when a tree that they are not responsible for falls on it. It's inevitable that somewhere a tree will fall in a storm and take a phone line with it.
This can only be about there response, if there is to be any liability. Their response to that might be the sheer volume of repairs needed because of the "act of god".
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