topic fiber optic cable in Broadband https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Broadband/fiber-optic-cable/m-p/5049899#M507342 <P>So just found out landlord is repainting the flats due to bad job orginally done however i am worried that the'll damage the thing fiber&nbsp; cable as seen in picture when they repaint as recently paints started coming off wall dont think they used undercoat&nbsp;<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="fiber.jpg" style="width: 200px;"><img src="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/112020i42BAA318741A3D60/image-size/small?v=v2&amp;px=200" role="button" title="fiber.jpg" alt="fiber.jpg" /></span></P> Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:14:16 GMT KnogKnightso 2025-08-01T20:14:16Z fiber optic cable https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Broadband/fiber-optic-cable/m-p/5049899#M507342 <P>So just found out landlord is repainting the flats due to bad job orginally done however i am worried that the'll damage the thing fiber&nbsp; cable as seen in picture when they repaint as recently paints started coming off wall dont think they used undercoat&nbsp;<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="fiber.jpg" style="width: 200px;"><img src="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/112020i42BAA318741A3D60/image-size/small?v=v2&amp;px=200" role="button" title="fiber.jpg" alt="fiber.jpg" /></span></P> Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:14:16 GMT https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Broadband/fiber-optic-cable/m-p/5049899#M507342 KnogKnightso 2025-08-01T20:14:16Z Re: fiber optic cable https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Broadband/fiber-optic-cable/m-p/5050045#M507409 <P><a href="https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2869606">@KnogKnightso</a>&nbsp;the glass fibre itself is thinner than a human hair and protected by a thick external &nbsp;sheath that should be immune from the weather ,paint etc and is itself covering a layer of Kevlar and a second internal sheath,&nbsp;</P> Sat, 02 Aug 2025 07:34:28 GMT https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Broadband/fiber-optic-cable/m-p/5050045#M507409 Chrisee 2025-08-02T07:34:28Z Re: fiber optic cable https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Broadband/fiber-optic-cable/m-p/5050268#M507499 <P>unfortunatly they removed tthe thinker cable cover from it when it was installed so its super thin&nbsp;</P> Sat, 02 Aug 2025 13:11:11 GMT https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Broadband/fiber-optic-cable/m-p/5050268#M507499 KnogKnightso 2025-08-02T13:11:11Z