[immibis]

Wait, I live in that area. Does that mean I'm allowed to lay my own fiber into their open ditches too, or do they have special rights no one else has?

[holowoodman]

Afaik the special right is granted to everyone providing fibre services to the public to be informed about any ditches on public ground being dug and getting the opportunity to throw their fibre in before the ditch is closed again.