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cliveb · 04-07-2004, 20:18

Today my wife was planting some new items in the flower bed, and we were fairly surprised to discover that the NTL cable is (a) only 3" deep, and (b) not in green trunking. (there is a short section of green trunking at the point where the cable comes out of the soil up to the wall box, but none actually where it's buried). This seems a bit of a sloppy installation to me.

Anyway, my wife inadvertantly nicked the insulation of the thin cable with her trowel (the thick part seems undamaged). I bound it all up with gaffa tape, and our broadband connection hasn't stopped working. Am I right in thinking that broadband runs down the thick cable and the thin cable is only for telephone? If this is the case, then since we don't have NTL phone (or TV), I am hoping we won't have a problem.

04-07-2004, 20:18	#1
cliveb Inactive Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Watford Posts: 30	Question about the thick & thin parts of the cable Today my wife was planting some new items in the flower bed, and we were fairly surprised to discover that the NTL cable is (a) only 3" deep, and (b) not in green trunking. (there is a short section of green trunking at the point where the cable comes out of the soil up to the wall box, but none actually where it's buried). This seems a bit of a sloppy installation to me. Anyway, my wife inadvertantly nicked the insulation of the thin cable with her trowel (the thick part seems undamaged). I bound it all up with gaffa tape, and our broadband connection hasn't stopped working. Am I right in thinking that broadband runs down the thick cable and the thin cable is only for telephone? If this is the case, then since we don't have NTL phone (or TV), I am hoping we won't have a problem.