On 19 Apr 2021 at 13:45:37 BST, "Mark Carver"
wrote:

On 17/04/2021 12:36, Andrew wrote:
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.

There are loads of telephone cables sharing electricity poles near me




Our own telephone cable also comes via an electricity pole too, though
it starts life on a BT pole the other side of the road.

If/when that gets replaced by FTTP, are you saying it'll have to run
either directly from BT's own pole (and not involve the electricity pole)?

As a data point, our FTTP cable was run from the same pole outside our house
that carries our electricity supply and old copper telephone drop wire. And
those of several neighbours. So perhaps the rules about fibre cables only
applies to long runs rather than final connections, if it applies to all
electricity distributors.


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Roger Hayter