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Zoob
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6 months ago
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Is this normal?

Hi All, just had my 1 gig installation yesterday, 1st time with Virgin, and i noticed that they fibre optic cable coming into my house has been stripped of its shielding...and it exposed to the elements....is this normal?. Not sure if i should get the installers back out..pic below 

 

 

  • Adduxi's avatar
    Adduxi
    6 months ago

    IMHO that's a bad job.  The outer sheath should be present, even to prevent chaffing on the fibre optic cable. My Openreach fibre install has the sheath right up to within a couple of inches of the internal ONT.

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    Adduxi
    Very Insightful Person
    6 months ago

    IMHO that's a bad job.  The outer sheath should be present, even to prevent chaffing on the fibre optic cable. My Openreach fibre install has the sheath right up to within a couple of inches of the internal ONT.

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    Daniel_Et
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    6 months ago

    Hi Zoob 👋 Thank you for your post and welcome to the Virgin Media Community 😀

    We're sorry to see this 😔

    In order to look into the matter for you further, we'll send you a private message on here. Look out for the envelope in the top right-hand corner.

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    Daniel