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REY84's avatar
REY84
Joining in
2 years ago

Potential damaged cable on public pavement

Photo below. I’ve just noticed these cables exposed on the pavement just outside my property. I’m not 100% sure these are virgin media cables, or going into my property, but it seems likely given the angle and location of my Virgin Media external box.

Are these cables safe like this?

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  • Yeah that's VMO2's siamese cable with phone cable on one side and coaxial on the other.

    Having it exposed like that isn't at all uncommon and many cable installs have lengths of completely uncovered cable. 

    It looks ugly but isn't a safety risk. Would be good if they fix it before that cable gets walked on too much though. 

  • nodrogd's avatar
    nodrogd
    Very Insightful Person

    That looks like something from one of the first cable build areas. Literally a plastic bung over the end of the tee duct. The correct way to fix is a construction team to excavate & put in a proper toby termination box.

  • Hi REY84 

    Welcome to our community forums and thank you for flagging this cable issue to us. We can understand your concern and want to best help. To best look into this, I am sending you a private message. Please keep an eye out for an envelope at the top right corner of your Forum page. Let me know if you have any issues locating this. I'll be in touch soon.

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