Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul
There must surely be exemptions to this, a huge number of people are supplied service overhead (from poles) and technically, those cables likely pass over other peoples gardens. Mine for example crosses over two other gardens.
|
Aye, you're correct. Plenty of other regulations and guidelines that are pages long that allow us to span through properties.
Some key ones though like obtaining wayleave if we can't clear the building itself by 1.5-2m. Some you'll obviously find attached and bouncing off a building to reach a destination. You will find cases where a homeowner can successfully challenge a new aerial cable though.
Ultimately though it's still not a huge deal but it's a growing one. If an alt-net has built and opened a pon in the area and you've already got say 2 or 3 copper drops flying over your gardens, you could then expect 2 or 3 more fibre drops because the alt-net isn't allowed to remove existing copper. This alongside the amount of equipment now found on poles is stirring discontent.