In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Sounds to me as though they sank a chamber for soon-to-come VM cable. It doesn't all come as one task like removing and replacing a road surface. What the work at the other end of the road is I don't know, as we haven't been told why the OP thinks it may be to do with BT.

I am thinking its BT at the other end of the road because it's Morrisons Utilities and I know they do civil work for OpenReach and they where laying some gray tubing/housing which I think the fibre cable is put through. Additionally that end of the road has while markings (lines and dots) down to those white BT man hole covers and then markings with arrows pointing away from the man hole cover saying BT.

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Sam

This has happened in my town, about 11-14 years ago, although I didn't realise it until afterwards. There is a whole estate (a massive one, as big as a small town, not just a few roads) which still have apparently unused NTL footway-chambers in them. No form of cable was available here previously, and no form of cable is planned to be available currently. The whole estate (and indeed about 90% of the whole town and outlying properties in the civil parish) now has FTTC.

I'm not sure if any conclusions can be drawn from this, except that sometimes cable providers will pay for footway chambers (and possibly ducts?) to be installed, but with the knowledge that the whole plan might never come to fruition.

Disclaimer: Being around the 2001/2003 time, it may have come at the time NTL/Telewest was being bought by Virgin? Or around a turbulent time for cable, anyway. I might try to see what's underneath one of those NTL covers one day.

Before anyone asks: Cable of any sort doesn't come within at least a 9-mile radius of anywhere here.

Edited by deleted (Sat 25-Jul-15 00:59:15)

In reply to a post by ansam:

Ok gone a little off topic here I am just trying to understand why they dig the road and put a man hole cover over it. What would be the purpose. Not really interested in anyone's grammar or their spelling etc, if I can read it and understand it then it's alright with me.

Sorry for all this off topic stuff, TBH I think its what RobertoS says, maybe its to offload their network to another fibre chunk, I have read that some people in some areas that are compact are having congestion on their line and maybe its to off load some traffic down that cable, or could be getting ready for your area, only time will tell.

Paul

If they've put a manhole cover on it then it'll say what it's for on the manhole cover, surely? Or am I missing something?

If it's Openreach it'll have "BT" somewhere on it, if it's Virgin it'll have "CATV" or possibly "Virgin Media".

Hello,

For sure it's Virgin Media as the contractors had their wee sign saying they where doing work on behalf of Virgin Media.

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Sam

There's always the remote possibility that it's not for CATV/broadband at all. VM supply business grade connectivity as well so perhaps a local office has ordered a leased line and they've got deep pockets for the install cost

Edited by ferretuk (Sat 25-Jul-15 10:01:35)

Hello,

Yes could indeed be possible but I dout it. I know they are coming to the area as I did get an e-mail when I signed up with CableMyStreet.

"Thanks for registering G15 6RA with Cable My Street.
We�re getting in touch with the great news that your area is part of our expansion plans! We�re still working through plans and timings but to make sure your area is one of the first to get connected, tell your friends and neighbours to register their interest too. It�s all about people power you see. We want to expand into areas with the most demand for our services first."

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Sam

Virgin also supply leased lines/ Ethernet services for business, and in their network area (i.e. where they have ductwork) they can be at the cheaper end of the market for these.

It's possible that the manhole cover is over a joint between their main ducting and a duct running to the installation site (a business, cell tower etc) as the fibre will need to be pulled through.

I've seen this done on a number of occasions.