Feeding line to neighbours.

[Popityping]

(1) I hav a recording of an open reach engineer telling me i am feeding next door and dont understamd why? So my question is... Id like the connection disconnected and removed off my property... (2) As im connected and feeding next door with a joint line would it effect my broadband speed?

[JimM1]

@Popityping What did the engineer say to you exactly, party lines are well out off date now but may still be in use in older and if cables are not available to be singled out.

So Yes to the speed on (2) you can only put so much down a cable from the home/s. Think you need to listen to that recording and give it up to the Forum as a detail!

[Popityping]

Thnk u for relplyin x

I had an engineer out for a (crackling line) the fault outside was resolved but he noticed my connection was feeding next door... 

I asked if im legal to disconnect (line) as its directly on my facia boards and he says "yes" although communication has broken down with neighbours, i dont want to do that... but give sky "notice" to remove connection and to have their own!

As i beleive theyve been sucking the life out of my connection.

[Popityping]

I hav contacted sky but they keep sending openreach enginers for a faulty line...

Any hlp with a correct contact to rwport this?

Thnk u x

[JimM1]

@Popityping This is NOTHING to do with sky, they deliver a service to you, the cable/connection is all to do with Openreach, when the Engineer was there was he a Sky Engineer a Openreach Engineer or a Contractor working on behalve of either.

[Chrisee]

@Popityping while your neigbour's line may physically cross your property it should not affect your connection as it is a separate line. Going back 40 years or more there was a concept of shared "party" lines but these could not be used for broadband..

If you enter you full address into the following checker and post the resulting table and the first three lines of the notes after removing the reference to your address forum members can tell you excatly what type of line you have. Openreach Checker

[Popityping]

 

[TimmyBGood]

@Popityping 

As @Chrisee said, each broadband circuit has to be on a separate phone pair (but can absolutely be in the same physical bundle: further upstream either 50 or 100 pairs will be in each cable)

For FTTC, broadband speed at an address is almost entirely a result of the copper line distance to the fibre cabinet, not the 'shared' bearer use.

 

[Chrisee]

@Popityping as @TimmyBGood indicates your broadband speed is down to the distance betwen your home and the cabinet feeding your home. Typically each home is fed by a cable with 2 or more cable pairs one of which is used for your line. What may have happened is Openreach used one of the spare unused pairs in the cable to your property to feed your neighbour's property. Given the cable is Openreach's property they can do what they like and in no way will that use impact your speeds.