The obligatory, annual, Christmas Light v ADSL interference thread.

That thread is in freechat, and boy what a thread it is

It is an offence to interfer with any reception etc, and should a person be believed to be radiating interference they should be politly in the first instance be informed, if they do not take immediate action and switch off the source they they may be prosecuted under the relivant Telecoms Act. First you have to find the radiating source.

Your quoting a telecoms act that was made in 1981 or there abouts and has no relevance to adsl . The fact is if Christmas lights interfere with adsl the conclusion is, that its one of those things .

>and should a person be believed to be radiating interference they should be politly in the first instance be informed.

That sounds painful!

Once again people are interpreting a telecoms act that has nothing to do with Christmas lights or adsl and was written before adsl came in to existence.

Dusty, just because the act came into existence before ADSL does not mean that it cannot be applied. Interference is interference, whatever the source. A service is being interfered with therefore the act could be applied.

I don't think the act will specifically mention things like christmas lights etc it will use the word 'equipment' therefore covering almost anything.

You can generalise equipment to mean all most anything to suit this thread and many others. The fact remains it does not relate to the telecoms act at all, no matter how you want it too. Not one person in this country has been taken to court or prosecuted about Christmas lights and adsl. Plus the fact that people in the business say that it can not be enforced and its one of those things. If you can not find one online article saying you can be prosecuted for it, does that tell you something ?

At the end of the day, no-one is going to take forward a seasonal issue like this. It's a short-lived problem and people are not going to pursue it at a time of goodwill to all men and Plusnet.

Edited by lodge (Tue 18-Dec-07 21:35:10)

Be grateful you dont live next to this guy.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7149339.stm