On the subject of vandalism of equipment - what's the policy regarding protecting wires with metal conduit? That might be a daft question
Around here (Holbeck - LS11) the houses are all terraced and many are direct onto the street. Kids take pleasure in yanking at the cables attached to the fronts/sides of the houses. My broadband cable has lost 3 clips already - the phone and aerial cables have also suffered. I've noticed that on some houses the broadband/TV cables are liable to trip or garrote pedestrains
At my old flat the engineers did install protective conduit, but not here - where it's needed most.