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Remove old cabling

edbostan
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‎16-10-2025 06:39 PM

Had fibre installed a couple of months ago and surprised the old copper line from pole to house was not removed lessening the cats cradle of cabling. It would look neater viewing the skyline and there must be money now laying dormant in those miles of unused copper wiring.

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XRaySpeX
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‎16-10-2025 06:48 PM

Yes, it is usual to remove the old copper dropline when you have Full Fibre installed. You do have Full Fibre with a separate fibre dropline from the pole, don't you?

As it happens I didn't have my copper dropline removed but I had to ask the eng to make sure not to. That's cuz I retained my analogue landline alongside my Full Fibre.

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JimM11
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‎16-10-2025 09:06 PM

@edbostan Some installers will pull it out for you, others offer, but it's a catch 22 situation and a lot depending on the voice connection and the state off the switchover copper to fibre, best left alone and possible another round off removal for the copper further down the line, not everyone will switch copper/fibre and a good few Red flags to be overcome currently!

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