Peter
2023-08-29 14:30:17 UTC
I've booked FTTP upgrade (Vodafone) for early Oct.
In the meantime I booked VOIP with Voipfone (an extremely helpful
company too!) so the landline number can be separated from the
Vodafone FTTP (I won't use their router, so won't get a POTS socket).
And this has come up in the BT system under our landline # and
postcode. No idea how old the info is, but it is correct.
The present copper runs to our house from a BT pole, via three trees,
of which one is on our land (and we could truncate it) while the other
two are on others' land.
The trees will eventually rip the copper cable off.
I believe the neighbours can't stop us doing necessary tree surgery
but could be wrong. There is also quite a lot of it.
What are the rules for BT OR doing tree cutting?
And in what situation would BT OR route underground? Here they would
need to cross a minor tarmac road. One of their guys (they are daily
in the village doing stuff) told me they will do it for 10k, with a
smile... Obviously I much prefer the underground option. I already
have a 7cm duct under the drive (with a rope in it), all the way from
inside the garage, to the edge of the road...
The duct was originally intended for 3 phase but won't be used for
that immediately as it doesn't meet the Power Networks spec, so we
would have a meter at the road edge and after that, according to UK
PN, nobody gives a toss how you do the wiring.
In the meantime I booked VOIP with Voipfone (an extremely helpful
company too!) so the landline number can be separated from the
Vodafone FTTP (I won't use their router, so won't get a POTS socket).
And this has come up in the BT system under our landline # and
postcode. No idea how old the info is, but it is correct.
The present copper runs to our house from a BT pole, via three trees,
of which one is on our land (and we could truncate it) while the other
two are on others' land.
The trees will eventually rip the copper cable off.
I believe the neighbours can't stop us doing necessary tree surgery
but could be wrong. There is also quite a lot of it.
What are the rules for BT OR doing tree cutting?
And in what situation would BT OR route underground? Here they would
need to cross a minor tarmac road. One of their guys (they are daily
in the village doing stuff) told me they will do it for 10k, with a
smile... Obviously I much prefer the underground option. I already
have a 7cm duct under the drive (with a rope in it), all the way from
inside the garage, to the edge of the road...
The duct was originally intended for 3 phase but won't be used for
that immediately as it doesn't meet the Power Networks spec, so we
would have a meter at the road edge and after that, according to UK
PN, nobody gives a toss how you do the wiring.