On 17/04/2021 08:37, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 16/04/2021 18:46, NY wrote:

Are you saying that telephone wires in the UK always require separate
poles and can't be carried on electricity poles?

yes.


Only for new installations

Climbing a power pole requires a hugely different safety regime from
skinning up a telephone pole.

Historically, when the suppliers were all nationalised there were
occasions where telephone cables were added onto electric poles,
usually done in the era when a lot fewer people had phones so
installing new poles just for one new subscriber wouldn't be
cost effective.