My street photography: "Street Cable Lines Spaghetti"

"The reachable"

"With a palm tree buddy"

"Crisscrossing mix-matching"

"Aligned with the powerline"

"Lines with vines"

I couldn't tell or rightly state that above ground lines whether it is a powerline cable for delivering electric power, telephone lines for residential or business utilities, or a wired internet service is a thing of beauty because nothing cannot be more farther from the truth that these "spaghettified" cable lines of various types are really an eyesore in our streets particularly in the cities where there are many people which individually needs services which needs a connection like a service from the Internet in their homes and businesses for a more stable connection. Although the Internet providers for example have their valid reasoning, it is apparent that their way of servicing their customers has a compromise of not making our surroundings look better particularly in the streets. I do understand their position about putting cables above ground because of the nature of our ground here in my country because of the water table factor. If you would dig into the ground, the water will well-out at higher levels compared to other countries where it is ok to dig underground because the cables will not get susceptible for water damage. In my country depending on the season the water table can get so shallow that even if you would dig a couple of feet in the soil it will eventually get filled-up with water particularly in the rainy season or when it rains a lot. That is why with just using one pipe of less than ten meters, you can already get a clear water which can be used for your day to day water needs except for consuming the water as a beverage although we had done it before until the water manifested bad smell so we didn't use it anymore but to wash our clothes and for showering and using the toilet. Although I had seen an Internet company buried their cables, the end-result is that they have to use cables which would travel to their customer's place and it will add-up with other cables resulting in spaghettified cable lines supported by concrete posts.

However, the beautiful thing about these cable lines is that people are making use of the the fast Internet services in case of the internet providers with their cable lines ready to service customers even in remote areas. It helps many people about their need to do more things like their need for online socializing with friends and family, for their entertainment needs, school needs, for researching and learning, for helping their business grow faster, for the need of students to attend schools online if it is needed due to some factors like the weather or in the case before due to Pandemic and it is now a trend where online schooling in particular is a good use case for pupil's and student's need for a more focused learning and at the same time getting physical protection from external factors aforementioned. So these cable lines had been an essential part of our lives considering that it seems to be nuisance for our eyes but on the other hand they project their beauty by the bringing us lots of benefits like making our lives much more easier compared before when there is no powerline cables or Internet cables so now because of other factors which makes them an eyesore on the street, we just have to live with it because after all, the benefits is outweighing the eyesore of these unkempt cable lines which are far to be desired visually.

Although we have to compromise the real beauty of our surroundings for using these various line types we see in our streets particularly here in my country, it still pays to have them like I mentioned already because of the valuable utility that they serve in which that they had gone a right to have already more than a need now. Now I have different feelings about the emergence of the Internet in particular because it could have been better if this kind of technology came earlier because I always see it as advantageous factor in growing-up so that I was able to learn more about life and what was happening around me, the endless treasure troves of knowledge that I could have discovered when my body is still well-conditioned to do so although of course the Internet has a dark side because of the evil ways of people in using it and the risk involved to its users both young and old because of the absolute freedom of people in using it either for a good use or in a "carnal" way which influences an individual based on his/her upbringing, religion, beliefs or lack thereof, principles, affiliations of many types, etc., to make our breake them in many ways more than one.