Nothing like a bit of rotation and shiver

Point taken though!

Car and a high-power Inverter?

Actually, if I was honest, I have a portable 2.5Kw generator. Living here you need it!!

Just had a thought! If I got a length of plastic hose pipe, long enough to pass through this tree, cut a slit in its full length and slid it over the phone line in the appropriate position, would this fall foul of BT regulations?

Seems like a reasonable idea, though something more purpose made is available to openreach.
I wouldn't recommended having the NTE located outside the building. This would incur an installation charge for non served premises, so could be expensive and would not be worthwhile IMO.

The tree was there when BT installed the line through it so where do I stand with this please?

I bet it wasn't so large then though.

What if it's damaged by a neighbours tree?

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Just had a thought! If I got a length of plastic hose pipe, long enough to pass through this tree, cut a slit in its full length and slid it over the phone line in the appropriate position, would this fall foul of BT regulations?

Don't know about the BT Regs, but it would add quite a bit of weight to the line which could possibly create other premature faults!

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In reply to a post by Andrew_W:

Just had a thought! If I got a length of plastic hose pipe, long enough to pass through this tree, cut a slit in its full length and slid it over the phone line in the appropriate position, would this fall foul of BT regulations?

Don't know about the BT Regs, but it would add quite a bit of weight to the line which could possibly create other premature faults!

I had thought of that but modern cheap hosepipe is of little substance and of moderate weight. It will also have to be grey in colour to blend with the sky

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In reply to a post by johnjburness:

In reply to a post by Andrew_W:

Just had a thought! If I got a length of plastic hose pipe, long enough to pass through this tree, cut a slit in its full length and slid it over the phone line in the appropriate position, would this fall foul of BT regulations?

Don't know about the BT Regs, but it would add quite a bit of weight to the line which could possibly create other premature faults!

I had thought of that but modern cheap hosepipe is of little substance and of moderate weight. It will also have to be grey in colour to blend with the sky

Its not the apparent direct weight that is the issue, but the forces that it will apply to the cable - which will be many times the additional weight - causing the cable to stretch (the "Maths" of Catenary calculations is "interesting").

They have that problem with the Humber Bridge