last time this happened in my area a local farmer was burying a cow and took out the whole towns connection

Nest door neighbor did this when he just decided on a whim to put in a new driveway and started digging with a bobcat. 10 mins in and BLAM severed the main Comcast coax serving the entire neighborhood that was running under his driveway.

Luckily we were on Century Link so weren't affected by his stupidity. lol