BT Telegraph Poles

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In my street there are 3 telegraph poles belonging to BT. There is a cable going from the first pole to the second, and a cable from the second to the third pole. This week a contractor called Douglas Telecommunications were stringing a second cable between the 3 poles.

What do these cables do? Do the poles talk to each other or something?

The phone lines from each individual property go down the side of each pole in a pipe and into an underground duct so it's not like it's carrying every individual phone line across to the next pole.

What ever these mystery cables between the poles do, they haven't improved my broadband speed that is for sure.
 
Telegraph poles were invented by the Romans as a way of transmitting secret strategic military plans. Some say that if you stand next to one on a very quiet evening, you can hear Caesar himself.
 
[FnG]magnolia said:
Telegraph poles were invented by the Romans as a way of transmitting secret strategic military plans. Some say that if you stand next to one on a very quiet evening, you can hear Caesar himself.
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Lettuce have a listen... I hear a salad! A Caesar Salad. My work here is done.
 
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The overhead lines are the EMF conditioning carriers, without them the government wouldn't be able to get you to drink water as you know it has fluoride in it which pollutes our precious bodily fluids.

Thats why people out in the sticks seem so odd, they drink water.
 
Wonder what you'd think about the cabinet I have across the road from me.

Openreach and contractors are eternally tinkering with it. Might as well have a van sized parking spot reserved plus a permanent stool and mini workmans barrier installed.
 
LeeUK said:
Phone lines form 20 houses go to each pole then travel down the pole into the ground. I'm on about why they have a cable between each pole.
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Because it's considerably cheaper and simpler to dig a hole for the cables to one point in the street, then take them up a pole and and have them go to the individual houses via a hanging wire than it is to extend the holes to each house, at least when you're putting them in after construction of the houses, especially if they are any distance apart.

A hole might cost hundreds or thousands to dig and lay a cable in for one house, running a line from a pole is basically the cost of the cable and a supporting wire.
 
Could be a few things. The cables come in bundles, if one has failed or someone wants an additional line and there are none spare it could be as simple as that. When I was working in this area BT didn't have a good view of the state of much of their ducting so a single replacement or additional cable might be strung along the top rather than risk working out which bit of a 100m duct run is blocked .

Could also be preparations for gfast being installed, but that's less likely .
 
My Dad worked for BT and he said that because the two houses on the right have wires going to the pole it puts a strain on pole pulling it towards the houses so the other wire is to stop all the poles leaning. Honest - that is what he said.

I think the drawing is excellent - there are loads of people on here who can't understand the written word - or they get the meaning jumbled up. ;)
 
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