On Monday, April 12, 2021 at 12:58:35 PM UTC+1, Scott wrote:
On Mon, 12 Apr 2021 11:40:54 GMT, JohnP wrote:

(are they still called that)
I thought they were called telegraph poles.
BT Openreach have been doing some work in my
area (Fibre?) and on my daily walks I have noticed some poles have at the
base a 20mm diameter rod or tube abutting the post with about a foot above
ground and a metal staple holding it against the post - and a rubber or
plastic cap on it.

Has anyone noticed the same and has any idea what it could be?
I believe they are now allowed to use overhead fibre optic cables and
there is some modification to the poles.

All the wooden poles round here just have bog standard copper wiring but all have the stapled rod going into the ground. If you want to find out where they have FTTP or are in the process of installing or are due to install go here to find out;

https://www.openreach.com/fibre-broa...firstlocations

In our case a neighbouring village is due to have FTTP soon, sod's law we are just a couple of hundred metres outside the zone, Grrrr!

Richard