It is DW3 as said, and was originally grey in colour.

It is grey against a white background, just not my darkish grey wall.

The distance to the pole is about 15m. This is what it looks like tied to the wall, it's definitely my telephone drop cable.
Drop cable

Do you think it would be replaced automatically if the OP or Binary_Digit gets an engineer install for the FTTC? (I just realised the person giving us the picture and asking about FTTC is not the OP).

Edited by RobertoS (Wed 19-Jul-17 20:16:01)

Ooo been a while since I've seen one of those cables....

YUCK

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Do you think it would be replaced automatically?

I would hope so, actually you would hope that and CP checking the line for service provision (phone or BB) wouldn't get non engineer options.

I have an engineers visit organised to re-activate the line next week.. I guess we'll see if I get a new Drop wire or not. I've not ordered FTTC yet as I'm awaiting the above. My telephone line provider doesn't think they will replace it unless there is an actual fault.. like slow sync speed.

Is it copper cable? Remember my Grans dropwire being grey/white and it was aluminium apparently.

Why do you expect an engineer visit to re-activate a phone line?

IF you get an engineer visit during the line activation (many are just switched back on ) they really ought to replace the DW3, they are supposed to.

Oh, and yes, nice thick copper inside, there never has been aluminium dropwires.

Edited by Zarjaz (Thu 20-Jul-17 06:02:53)

Yep, DW3, and right there in your photo is their usual weak point, as it goes through the 'curly-whirly'.
The insulation goes brittle with age, allowing ingress of damp and then corrosion.

Despite being man size copper inside, it isn't a twisted pair.

Not good.

>>Despite being man size copper inside, it isn't a twisted pair.

It's actually copper coated steel.