The best time to cable a property is when its either being (re)built or stripped out and refurbed.

True dat

[chuckle]
That gives Openreach plus the competition 20-30 years to reach 85% rollout of FTTP. . But none of them dare slacken off for fear of being wiped out.

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

You're in Scotland aren't you John? Maybe there is a greater historic prevalence of overhead+back garden there.

Yes it's normal all over Scotland to have the poles at the back of the houses, usually in the corner of someone's garden.

There's loads of poles in peoples back gardens. Just based on my own experience as a landscaper in Scotland.

Hell, there's one in mines with some tasty fibre on it, but not yet activated.

In reply to a post by Xuse:

Hell, there's one in mines with some tasty fibre on it, but not yet activated.

When I said "people making reference to having a telephone pole in their back garden", you was one of those I was thinking of

It would appear to be a Scottish feature then. Perhaps almost non-existent in the rest of the UK.

'Tis to be hoped getting the equipment in to replace them when that becomes necessary doesn't make much of a mess 😁😂🤣😋😎.

I guess it really might just be a Scottish thing then.

To be fair I don't recall seeing them in peoples gardens when I lived in Manchester, but I'm also quite rural now in comparison to a city like Manchester.

In reply to a post by Xuse:

I guess it really might just be a Scottish thing then.

To be fair I don't recall seeing them in peoples gardens when I lived in Manchester, but I'm also quite rural now in comparison to a city like Manchester.

I think it is actually mostly a Scottish thing as vast majority of feeds I've seen come into back of the houses from poles in peoples garden (mine is fed from a pole in neighbours garden for instance) - its very rare to see a pole in a residential street although they are starting to pop up now as that is how they seem to be running the fibre in - stick a pole in the street and run the fibres to the nearest pole then carry onto the next etc.

Majority that I've seen in England have been on the street which I've always thought looked untidy but that could be as I'm not used to seeing it.

Not unique to Scotland at all, there are hundreds of streets throughout the North-East where the poles are sited behind the houses. Not exclusive to back to back terraces either.

It's still rare compared to any other placing of telegraph poles. It's a stupid argument.

Quite apart from the OP being out of radar range by the look of it.

I repeat: It was a simple question to the OP aimed at helping the guy. None of you seem to give a damn about the reason for the thread.

Bah!