I've had the displeasure of seeing a couple of Verizon FIOS installs. In both cases the installer disconnected the coax going into the house from the ground block. That's fine. What isn't fine is that they also remove the cable TV drop from the ground block and remove the ground block itself, cutting the ground wire to the ground block and leaving an ungrounded cable TV drop in the house box. (FIOS installers do NOT ground the coax leaving the ONT, presumably upon the theory that the ONT is fed with fiber and the coax leaving it does not need to be grounded).
I think this is a big deal because even though the cable TV drop is disconnected from the house coax wiring it could still present a safety hazard if it becomes energized.
Also the metal shell of the connector on the end of the cable TV drop could be touching a splitter or another metal connector inside the house box causing the house wiring to become energized if the cable TV coax drop does.
Any thoughts on this? If this is common practice for FIOS installers this is a definite problem, IMHO.
