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On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:55:12 +0000, Mark Carver wrote:

I don't know who's the dimmest. The vandals, or Virgin Media for such a
pathetically insecure installation ?

Probably not VM, but their install contractor, could be Kelly Or MAP or A.N
Other depending on franchise.

The contractor installers are a right miserable disgruntled bunch,who are
paid per job, they don't give a **** & are quite open about it.

As part of my training I had to "spend a day with a tech" which was an eye
opener. We went to an old property in Huddersfield, they were quite civil
to the customer, agreeing where he wanted the phone point etc. They then
located the street cabinet & proceeded to set about "opening it". This
involved a hammer & crow bar applied with some force (As Sheila pointed
out), before the installer's mate shouted from the van that he actually
possesed a key for said cabinet. By this time the key didn't work & they
were about to can the installation, but a bit of leverage whilst turning
the key did the trick in the end.

As I said, an eye opener. VM do employ a few network techicians & they do
keep spare locks etc. in the stores, so they should fix it in due course.

The contactor will have trashed the lock, done the install, bodged the lock
& ****ed off.

Someone could have a few minutes fun by cutting the cables & removing the
orange tags, that denote which house the cable goes too.

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Graham. wrote:
"Gaius" wrote in message
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That picture tells you all you'd want to know about VM.

Linked cable ties "securing" a door - FFS. BT's customer service may be
the pits, but at least their engineering hasn't sunk to that level.

Yet.

The primary locking mechanism seems to rely on a pair of granny's knitting
needles.

Well on my way home tonight, a fast response repair team seem to have visited,
and reinstated the high security cable ties, and applied some more insulation
tape just to make su-

http://www.markyboy.net/vmbox2.jpg

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ian field wrote:
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I would go with "Virgin Media for such a pathetically insecure
installation". It may have been visited by vandals, but I am not totally
convinced. Three observations, VM contractors have been known to use force
to gain access to cabinets, no attempt has been made to vandalise the
contents

That'll be because it was copper thieves who lost interest at first sight of
the fibre-optic cables.

95% of the cables in there are copper coax, and power


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Mark Carver wrote:

That'll be because it was copper thieves who lost interest at first
sight of the fibre-optic cables.

95% of the cables in there are copper coax, and power

Fibre is useless for mains. Doesn't seem to work at all.

Bill

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Bill Wright wrote:
Mark Carver wrote:

That'll be because it was copper thieves who lost interest at first
sight of the fibre-optic cables.

95% of the cables in there are copper coax, and power

Fibre is useless for mains. Doesn't seem to work at all.

You need some of this:-

http://www.gepco.com/products/fiber/...2mm_flex_M.htm


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"Dan" wrote in message
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On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:55:12 +0000, Mark Carver wrote:


Someone could have a few minutes fun by cutting the cables & removing the
orange tags, that denote which house the cable goes too.


I've heard on pretty good authority that that's not unusual for the local
residents to do just that on one rough local housing estate, to make it
difficult to check out illegal installations, I don't know how true it is
but I was also told that on the same estate it's not unknown for a cable
manhole cover to be lifted and the distribution boxes buried in concrete or
tarmac to prevent the cable guys from gaining access.

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On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 20:10:55 -0000, Rick wrote:

I've heard on pretty good authority that that's not unusual for the local
residents to do just that on one rough local housing estate, to make it
difficult to check out illegal installations, I don't know how true it is

I think that the problem with chipped boxes has been all but eliminated now
with the introduction of new smart cards, although I could be wrong. So the
tag removing thing would make sense. I read somewhere that over 75% of
connections were using chipped boxes in some dodgy areas.

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"Mark Carver" wrote in message
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ian field wrote:
"Sheila" wrote in message

I would go with "Virgin Media for such a pathetically insecure
installation". It may have been visited by vandals, but I am not totally
convinced. Three observations, VM contractors have been known to use
force to gain access to cabinets, no attempt has been made to vandalise
the contents

That'll be because it was copper thieves who lost interest at first sight
of the fibre-optic cables.

95% of the cables in there are copper coax, and power

95% of 0 is...........................

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"Mark Carver" wrote in message
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Graham. wrote:
"Gaius" wrote in message
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That picture tells you all you'd want to know about VM.

Linked cable ties "securing" a door - FFS. BT's customer service may
be
the pits, but at least their engineering hasn't sunk to that level.

Yet.

The primary locking mechanism seems to rely on a pair of granny's
knitting
needles.

Well on my way home tonight, a fast response repair team seem to have
visited, and reinstated the high security cable ties, and applied some
more insulation tape just to make su-

http://www.markyboy.net/vmbox2.jpg


They're just making it obvious there's nothing in there worth nicking.

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Mark Carver wrote:
Bill Wright wrote:
Mark Carver wrote:

That'll be because it was copper thieves who lost interest at first
sight of the fibre-optic cables.

95% of the cables in there are copper coax, and power

Fibre is useless for mains. Doesn't seem to work at all.

You need some of this:-

http://www.gepco.com/products/fiber/...2mm_flex_M.htm

I bet that costs more per foot than birds eye maple.

Bill