On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:48:58 +0000, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

Speculating, I wondered if it was a decommissioned cable from a building
that had been demolished, and someone forgot to disconnect the other
end.

A "dormant" cable has been mentioned in several articals I've read
(on the 'net so muct be true...). Someone has already mentioned that
this was the first meeting since the new year and that heave due to
the frosts may have damaged an old cable...

Hope we find out. Interesting lesson if nothing else.

As with most things the media will have got bored with the story by
the time anything definite is discovered/worked out and the coverage
will be minimal.
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Cheers
Dave.