The pole is on my side of the road so overhead as in over the road isn't a concern. However, the pole was fitted recently by a cowboy company who Openreach have sacked after they caught them cutting off the bottom of poles to avoid digging deeper holes.
My pole is now listing by about ten degrees from vertical and slowly getting worse. It's set above a gas service and because of now removed electrical cables, it's so high that a platform is needed for access. The original contractor had a pair of pliers as his sole tool and Openreach have been regular visitors since it's been there because of constant faults at the pole. There is very little slack in the attached dropwires even now so in winter they must be pretty well stretched.
This is why I'm worried about someone without authority messing about with the dropwire....... If it ever stops raining I'll get some pics.

So clearly BT/Openreach are not maintaining the pole properly and they should be obliged to fix it so that the dropwires are not pretty well stretched. Comments?

In reply to a post by herbgold:

So clearly BT/Openreach are not maintaining the pole properly and they should be obliged to fix it so that the dropwires are not pretty well stretched. Comments?

That's a completely different matter and will be dealt with.

In reply to a post by Deadbeat:

In reply to a post by herbgold:

So clearly BT/Openreach are not maintaining the pole properly and they should be obliged to fix it so that the dropwires are not pretty well stretched. Comments?

That's a completely different matter and will be dealt with.

Aye, a pole can have a lean and shallow foundation but its surprising how much pressure can be put on them before they fall.

Can't say I've seen any that have just fallen over on their own bad contractors or not. Remember the video of them trying to pull down a shallow foundation D-pole before trying to convince us about shallow climb poles...

Well if the wires are tight and the pole shallow then definetly adjusting the load will be an issue especially for the guy undoing it! There will be pressure pulling those wires tight and loosening your may make the pole spring the other way and pull against the guy undoing it. Also i suggest annon read the posts before commenting, i made the destinction between cable down a wall and wire under tension. Now we know the pole is certainly defective and wires tight - had anyone read your post and gone ahead there may have been serious consequences. If you dont know the ins and outs dont comment, you may as well have suggested checking for gas with a lighter....
Op, if you are going with this firm just get bt out youself to move the bracket so these guys dont cause an issue to the flying wire.

Above post Bt engineer.

I had one go from about ten degree lean to what felt like 35,, short light on farm run.. that was just when i got halfway up the ladder! Been to many pole downs and knew a guy who had to jump off a dp that snapped at the pavement! On the whole they are robust provided they are installed correctly and in cycle... wouldnt want to try my luck on this one mind.
Bt engineer

Short answer is that they will not have special dispensation from Openreach to rearrange Openreach plant.