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OT - trees and phonelines

This windy weather is playing havoc with my internet, and my router seems to keep dropping the connection. Since this happened last time it was windy too im guessing its down to my phone line..

My phone line runs from my house over to a pole. The pole is on the other side of a big green area with trees in. My phone line runs right through the middle of a tree and is getting a good tugging in the wind.

Who should i be chasing up to sort this out? Its a bit too high for me to go and chop some branches off myself, else i would do that.

I live on a (mainly-ex) council estate. Should i be contacting the council, BT or my adsl supplier?

any advice so i can get this sorted with as little hassle as possible?

My line hasnt totally broken and the dial tone doesnt seem to ever go anywhere but my internet is crap,

Reply to
Tom Woods
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BT , they will probably thank you as it'll save them doing it in a blizard. I think your ADSL will be sorted on BT anyway.

Lee D

Reply to
Lee_D

wanna borrrow one of mine? I have a spare.

BT - good luck :|

Be warned - domestic aDSL has an SLA that isn't worth the bandwidth it takes to download.

Reply to
William Tasso

BT will have a right to maintain a wayleave for the line and this will include the right to cut branches away from it.

AJH

Reply to
AJH

Depends whose land it's going over and whose the tree is. We had a similar problem with a tree (ours) brushing the phone line between the BT pole (outside our gate) and the house. BT had one look and said it was up to me to sort it. They could do it, but it would be chargeable. Change of rules a couple of years ago, apparently.

Reply to
Richard Brookman

If the tree were in my garden i would quite happily sort it out but it isnt. Its on a 'green' type of area which is on the other side of the road. Since its a council estate, im guessing belongs to the council. they mow it.

Reply to
Tom Woods

Ah, OK. Sounds like it's up to the Council. Good luck!

Reply to
Richard Brookman

my biggest tree is the 10ft high conifer hedge which ive been putting off scalping all year :)

Reply to
Tom Woods

|| On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:55:49 +0100, "Richard Brookman" || wrote: || |||||| Depends whose land it's going over and whose the tree is. We |||||| had a similar problem with a tree (ours) brushing the phone line |||||| between the BT pole (outside our gate) and the house. BT had |||||| one look and said it was up to me to sort it. They could do it, |||||| but it would be chargeable. Change of rules a couple of years |||||| ago, apparently. ||||| ||||| If the tree were in my garden i would quite happily sort it out ||||| but it isnt. Its on a 'green' type of area which is on the other ||||| side of the road. Since its a council estate, im guessing belongs ||||| to the council. they mow it. ||| ||| Ah, OK. Sounds like it's up to the Council. Good luck! || || my biggest tree is the 10ft high conifer hedge which ive been putting || off scalping all year :)

Do it NOW! I was sold a Leylandii "shrub" once, 4ft tall, guaranteed to grow to no more than 10ft. When it reached 35ft we decided we'd been conned and cut it down. Lotsa work, which might have been handled easier if I had not been so lazy 3-4 years before, when it was still reachable from a stepladder*.

*I've got a stepladder. It's really nice, but I wish I knew my real ladder.
Reply to
Richard Brookman

I've done half of it (the half that i share with my neighbours) but the other half just goes onto the road so it doesnt annoy anybody!

I was actually going to get the landy going, fit my hardtop and then just stand on that to cut it as it is easier than the step ladder!

:)

Reply to
Tom Woods

|| I was actually going to get the landy going, fit my hardtop and then || just stand on that to cut it as it is easier than the step ladder!

That's about 75% of the reason the roof rack stays on the Disco.

Reply to
Richard Brookman

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