Exposed cable on street outside house

[theonewithtom]

I have a small issue with my Virgin connection.

The cable is exposed on the street by 8cm (see attached image). This makes any security cameras/video doorbells using the connection very vulnerable. Does anyone have any recommendations? I have looked online for cable covers but found surprisingly little.

Many Thanks

Tom

[-tony-]

is it dirt or tarmac - one just a bit more difficult than the other to scrape away but can you not do that - just scrape under the cable and press it down and put the dirt back

i take it you have an omnibox on the front of the house - thats much more vulnerable that a few inches of cable that i think most people would not even notice 

[goslow]

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@theonewithtom wrote:

I have a small issue with my Virgin connection.

The cable is exposed on the street by 8cm (see attached image). This makes any security cameras/video doorbells using the connection very vulnerable. Does anyone have any recommendations? I have looked online for cable covers but found surprisingly little.

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Looks like you need an additional bit of cable protection. Not sure what the proper name for it is but in this topic

https://community.virginmedia.com/t5/QuickStart-set-up-and/Wall-cover-replacement/td-p/4661336

a grey BT example is shown. Projects from the wall and over the point where the cable comes out of the ground.

VM do fit their own brown-coloured versions in my area for new installations. Someone else will hopefully know what the proper name is for it.

[goslow · Accepted solution]

5th pic down shows an example of a VM cover (assuming that you are wanting VM to fit one for you).

https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/how-to-do-this-block-paving.531131/

Also seems to be referred to online as an "elephant's foot" or "BT Connector Bend No.1". Past topics on the forums seem to refer to it as a "dolly".

[Ayisha_B]

Hi @theonewithtom,

Welcome to our Community Forums and thanks for posting. 

Sorry to see there's an exposed cable on the street outside your house. I can get this raised with the Area Field Manger. 

Will pop you a PM now so we can take down some details. 

Thanks 

[Zak_M]

Good morning @theonewithtom, 

Ayisha is off for a few days so I have gone ahead and booked this to be re-buried.

You are able to view your appointment, change the times, date & make any amendments via your my virgin media account.

Kind regards,

Zak_M