Telegraph pole

lukin · 08-03-2026 08:04PM #1

When I was connected to NBI the cable into my premises from the road was secured on to a tree. It goes from there to the house.

I presume it was easier for the installer to hook it on to the tree because it is a bit of an awkward spot to put a telegraph pole; the tree is on a kind of ditch with a few other trees around it. I noticed on a windy Sunday a few weeks ago the tree was swaying a bit.

If there was a bad storm it could come down (and bring the cable with it). Can I request that a telegraph pole be installed there?

Or are there an private contractors that do it? All I would need is the pole to be placed there, I could secure the cable to it myself.

I would probably have to wait until the tree actually falls and I report the "fault" to NBI for something to be done.

The Cush · 08-03-2026 09:27PM

I'd love to see a picture of this

lukin · 08-03-2026 10:00PM

The NBI cable coming in from the road is no.1. The tree is no.2. The other cable is the telephone cable, that is not a problem.

It's a small tree, as you can see it is tilting a fair bit.

elperello · 08-03-2026 10:03PM

Tell them the tree is dangerous and you want to remove it.

Jim_Hodge · 08-03-2026 10:16PM

Contact your supplier. That's a balls of a job.

The Cush · 08-03-2026 10:26PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124296894#Comment_124296894

That's mad, Ted

lukin · 09-03-2026 08:55AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124296933#Comment_124296933

There wasn't much else they could do in fairness. It would be very difficult to place telegraph pole in a place like that. That's the joys of rural living. I could cut down the other trees around it to make room I suppose. It's not NBI's job to cut down trees, I can do that but they are the only ones who can erect a telegraph pole.

Jim_Hodge · 09-03-2026 09:15AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124297525#Comment_124297525

I live rurally and have never seen that type of botch job done. Tough if they had to put a pole in, but it was doable. There are poles in worse places. My own service pole is in a ditch not dissimilar.

phog · 09-03-2026 09:24AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058435519/telegraph-pole

Ring NBI and tell them that the landowner was on to you to have the cable removed from the tree as they're doing some hedgetrimming. There is no way in hell that the installer should have gone ahead and provided the service without getting a pole there first.

lukin · 09-03-2026 02:51PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124297567#Comment_124297567

I am the landowner. I will ask them but I seriously doubt if they will put a pole in it's place. They will probably come out to take a look and say "no can do".

phog · 09-03-2026 02:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124298388#Comment_124298388

If that is the case then why are there so many pole visible in rural Ireland.

To me there are H&S issues around what they've done here. A pole should have been used first day

lukin · 09-03-2026 03:47PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124298400#Comment_124298400

They couldn't be bothered their a*** the first day. This is Ireland after all 😊.

phog · 09-03-2026 03:59PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124298574#Comment_124298574

The installation would probably have been delayed if the guy went back looking for a pole and there's a good chance he only get paid for a completion.

So in one sense you were lucky he completed it but in another sense, it's your problem now

lukin · 09-03-2026 08:24PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124298610#Comment_124298610

I am a bit passive that way. I was so happy to finally get proper, real fibre broadband after years and years of waiting that I wasn't going to complain about what way it was going to come in the door to me.

I didn't even know they had hooked the cable on to a tree until after they had left. I will ask NBI to put a pole there.

Esel · 09-03-2026 11:24PM

Presume the tree is still growing? 😲

ItHurtsWhenIP · 10-03-2026 01:37AM

What happens when the tree/branch clearing crews come along, as they do on occasion, to clear the bits that might take down a cable and the snip your tree, that identifies as a pole? 🤔

Boardnashea · 10-03-2026 10:56AM

We had poles replaced a while ago and they threaded the wire through branches all the way down the road, and placed the pole about 60cms from a tree.

When asked why they said that they will get the call when there is an issue and that will be another day's work for them.

Boardnashea · 10-03-2026 10:58AM

When you are going away for a week, and don't need that BB for a while. just have the tree "fall down" and call them to repair. You can have the tree logged and removed when they get there so there can be no evidence.

Speedsie · 10-03-2026 11:02AM

That's mad!

When I got fibre a couple of years ago, the installer wouldn't install the line at first as it would travel through a tree whose branches could potentially snap the fibre in a storm.

I had to remove the tree first before they'd run the cable.

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