Removing a telephone line

[icarusza]

I have a telephone line running from the pole in the corner of my neighbour's yard (not in street) to the corner of my house and then stapled along two sides of the house before entering via air vents. Its quite ugly, runs right through the middle of a large tree and is completely unused. Also, recently some branches in the wind have caused it to come partially undone so now it sags lower than it should, which spurred this thought on.

Am I legally allowed to have it removed and would anyone know the steps involved?

 

[Steamy Tom]

i ripped mine of my fascia and wound it up in a circle and cable tied it to their pole

 

[ld13]

i ripped mine of my fascia and wound it up in a circle and cable tied it to their pole

Personally, I would've done the same. Rip it, wind it up and tie it to their pole.

The wind did it.

 

[Steamy Tom]

Personally, I would've done the same. Rip it, wind it up and tie it to their pole.

The wind did it.

yeah i dont want any potential lightning route to my house, worst case it can be unwound and put back, its not likely it will ever be used again anyway if it even is still in commission

 

[icarusza]

i ripped mine of my fascia and wound it up in a circle and cable tied it to their pole

Haha - that sounds like a plan. Thanks.

 

[TheChamp]

You are not legally allowed to but you can, no one will care, especially not Telkom.

You are supposed to call Telkom for them to recover but we all know they don't have time for working copper lines, let alone a non working one.

 

[Went_For_Beer]

I have a telephone line running from the pole in the corner of my neighbour's yard (not in street) to the corner of my house and then stapled along two sides of the house before entering via air vents. Its quite ugly, runs right through the middle of a large tree and is completely unused. Also, recently some branches in the wind have caused it to come partially undone so now it sags lower than it should, which spurred this thought on.

Am I legally allowed to have it removed and would anyone know the steps involved?

Just do not climb onto the Telkom pole. They can can and will prosecute you if caught on the pole. They see it as cable theft

 

[TheChamp]

Just do not climb onto the Telkom pole. They can can and will prosecute you if caught on the pole. They see it as cable theft

Good advice.

 

[Geoff.D]

The crew that came to install OH fibre refused to recover the Cu drop wire. So I simply stood a ladder against the fence, clipped the wire off as high as I could reach and dumped it. The distribution around my home is my own anyway and I use it now in reverse, to maintain telephone connectivity in the bedroom study and dining room. All surge protection still in place.

 

[shebeen]

You are not legally allowed to but you can, no one will care, especially not Telkom.

You are supposed to call Telkom for them to recover but we all know they don't have time for working copper lines, let alone a non working one.

How about removing the actual pole? Do it quietly and remove the evidence?

 

[TheChamp]

How about removing the actual pole? Do it quietly and remove the evidence?

As long as no one else is depending on that pole for service, as long as it's not sabotage Telkom won't be bothered that there's some random pole that's missing.