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How Deep Should Telecom Cables Be?


Andrew Reed
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hi

 

Does anyone know of a spec for how deep telecoms cables ought to be . I found a very shallow one today at 25mm under a domestic lawn (no damage to it). Was wondering if Sky, BT and Virgin have a specification.

 

For 240V power cables I know it is advised to be 500mm general gardens, 600mm veg plots and general agriculture premises, 1m for cultivated land.

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There is a recommended depth iirc, but it appears cable companies put them in as shallow as they can to avoid hard work.

When we went through a fibre optic that was 25mm under the ground Virgin repaired it foc but I think mainly because the customer was going to cancel their subscription with them if they didn't

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There is a recommended depth iirc, but it appears cable companies put them in as shallow as they can to avoid hard work.

When we went through a fibre optic that was 25mm under the ground Virgin repaired it foc but I think mainly because the customer was going to cancel their subscription with them if they didn't

 

I think it's cheaper for them to repair the odd one that gets damaged than it is to bury them all 30cm or so under them ground so they're not bothered.

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Virgin have admitted it is cheaper for them to come out and do the odd repair than to do each job properly in the first place. I hit a cable with the stump grinder a couple of years ago that was only about 3" down, called them up and the van was with me before I had finished grinding. I stayed to watch the repair and even this was left only about 4" down.

 

Time and motion study taken to the extreme if you ask me.

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