https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/Overhead-cable-to-neighbours-property/m-p/2130974#M1193605 <P>Hi all,</P><P>My neighbour has just had FTTP installed via an overhead cable over our front garden. The cable runs within a metre of our house at one point, which&nbsp;could hinder maintenance (e.g. cleaning gutters, work on the roof).</P><P>I think I probably need to raise this with Openreach but I was wondering&nbsp; if anybody can offer any advice or has had a similar experience?&nbsp;From what I've read online the cable should be at least 2m from our house, but strangly Openreach don't seem to mention that on their website, see "What are flying wires?"&nbsp;<A href="https://www.openreach.com/help-and-support/obtaining-wayleaves" target="_blank">https://www.openreach.com/help-and-support/obtaining-wayleaves</A></P><P>Thanks for any help <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:28:51 GMT bratman 2021-01-14T15:28:51Z https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/Overhead-cable-to-neighbours-property/m-p/2130974#M1193605 <P>Hi all,</P><P>My neighbour has just had FTTP installed via an overhead cable over our front garden. The cable runs within a metre of our house at one point, which&nbsp;could hinder maintenance (e.g. cleaning gutters, work on the roof).</P><P>I think I probably need to raise this with Openreach but I was wondering&nbsp; if anybody can offer any advice or has had a similar experience?&nbsp;From what I've read online the cable should be at least 2m from our house, but strangly Openreach don't seem to mention that on their website, see "What are flying wires?"&nbsp;<A href="https://www.openreach.com/help-and-support/obtaining-wayleaves" target="_blank">https://www.openreach.com/help-and-support/obtaining-wayleaves</A></P><P>Thanks for any help <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:28:51 GMT https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/Overhead-cable-to-neighbours-property/m-p/2130974#M1193605 bratman 2021-01-14T15:28:51Z https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/Overhead-cable-to-neighbours-property/m-p/2130983#M1193606 <P>as you posted you need to contact openreach</P> Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:38:43 GMT https://community.bt.com/t5/Archive-Staging/Overhead-cable-to-neighbours-property/m-p/2130983#M1193606 imjolly 2021-01-14T15:38:43Z