Location: Georgia, USA. I purhcased a vacant residential lot last year with plans to build a home. We finally got our permits and the excavation team started digging the foundation last week. Two days ago, the excavator uncovered a massive bundle of fiber optic cables buried about four feet down, running directly through the center of my lot where the house is supposed to go. I halted work immediately and called the local utility marking service. They confirmed the lines belong to a major national telecom provider. I spent hours on the phone with them, and their engineering depatment eventually sent a representative to the site. They checked their records and admitted there is absolutely no easement recorded for my parcel. Apparently, they laid these lines ten years ago and just took a shortcut through this vacant land instead of running them along the road. Instead of offering a solution, their legal department sent me an emergency cease-and-desist letter yesterday.…