on 16-07-2024 20:46
I would like to remove some old Cable London and Telewest boxes from an upstairs bedroom. These were installed 25+ years ago when I moved into the house but haven't been used for years and will not be needed in the future. Since they were installed I've been a BT customer. When I became a Virgin customer again a number of years ago, I'm pretty sure they brought in a new line from the street rather than using the old Telewest cabling that these redundant boxes were connected to.
Can I get an electrician to remove these boxes and safely terminate the wires ? Or do they belong to Virgin and would Virgin send out an engineer to remove them ?
Pics of the boxes attached. Many thanks in advance for any advice.
Probably old landline & separate box for dial up internet
Old Telewest coax cable box.
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on 17-07-2024 11:16
If they can be disconnected from the omnibox outside, (small spanner required) then you can do this yourself & remove the internals. However, if you are still a customer & use the service from that omnibox, removing the cables is likely to result in a signal level change which will require a VM technician.
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on 17-07-2024 08:30
If you are currently a VM customer, you can pay VM £25 for a non-fault call out to have them removed.
on 17-07-2024 11:16
If they can be disconnected from the omnibox outside, (small spanner required) then you can do this yourself & remove the internals. However, if you are still a customer & use the service from that omnibox, removing the cables is likely to result in a signal level change which will require a VM technician.
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on 17-07-2024 13:41
Thanks for the advice