06 Jul 2024 04:13 PM
Fibre installed about 18 months ago When I queried with the Openreach installer why copper phone line not removed, he told me a team will come later to do this
No-one has removed it Last week an Openreach Guy was installing next door and I asked him about this
He said when fibre is installed the old copper line should be taken doen by the installer Standard practice
He also noted that the fibre was connected outside my house to the old ceramic style phone line bracket This was incorrect he said. Anew style fibre connector shopuld have been used
Blocked by computer help links and cannot get a person to discuss this with
06 Jul 2024 04:15 PM
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I suspect there's no definitive policy on removing copper after FTTP installation: it certainly hasn't happened here, and would be hugely uneconomical to carry out.
06 Jul 2024 04:15 PM
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It would not be cost effective for openreach to remove all copper wires from all houses. Therefore the copper remains in situ
06 Jul 2024 04:18 PM
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It's also quite possible that local policy has changed in the interval between your installation and your neighbours.
06 Jul 2024 04:21 PM
openreach guy told me it part of fibre install to remove copper They have a skip in the yard to put old copper in
Also using old ceramic connector was a problem he said
06 Jul 2024 04:51 PM - last edited: 06 Jul 2024 04:52 PM
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@s.copplestone wrote:
openreach guy told me it part of fibre install to remove copper They have a skip in the yard to put old copper in
As I said, that might be the case now but wasn't when your fibre went up. It's almost certainly not worth doing so retrospectively; there's negligible value in a single copper phone pair once the cost of plastic removal is accounted for.
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