(are they still called that) 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?

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.

On 12/04/2021 12:40, JohnP wrote:
(are they still called that) 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 have seen it done when they want to bring an underground cable out
next to a post from an underground conduit, with the intention of then
running a wire up the side of the pole. The cap just there until the
separate team come along to pull the wire.



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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

On 12 Apr 2021 at 13:12:46 BST, "John Rumm"
wrote:

On 12/04/2021 12:40, JohnP wrote:
(are they still called that) 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 have seen it done when they want to bring an underground cable out
next to a post from an underground conduit, with the intention of then
running a wire up the side of the pole. The cap just there until the
separate team come along to pull the wire.

The cable ducts are usually about 40mm grey plastic. I have seen the approx
20mm metal ones, I assume they are attached to an earth rod in case anything
needs earthing. BICBW An alternative is mains supply, but the poles I have
seen are not near an existing one.

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In article , 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.

there are some of those on our village. The pole has a notice to that
effect,

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In message ,
Tricky Dicky writes
All the wooden poles round here just have bog standard copper wiring
but all have the stapled rod going into the ground.

There is a telegraph pole on the verge outside of my house. It was
installed after I moved here. I noticed that the first time the council
mowed the verge, they broke the earth wire. I did mention this to BT,
but many years later it is still broken.

Adrian
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JohnP wrote

(are they still called that) 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?

It’s the new surveillance cameras and you will be summarily
hung, drawn and quartered for spilling the beans, you bugger.

On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 05:34:40 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

FLUSH senile troll****

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