Securing a telephone cable

[nickpowell77]

Good morning all,

I have a telephone line running into my house, which runs underground and then pops up and enters the house.

With the increase in home automation products I am much more reliant on my broadband connection. In particular, I am considering purchasing a number of cameras (dropcams) so I can keep an eye on the house when I am away.

Any ideas on how I can secure this wire to prevent it from being cut?

Thanks, Nick

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• nickpowell77
• 27 Dec 2014
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[sparkymarka]

Steel conduit or grey external capping as used by bt

 

[OwainDIYer]

put a dog kennel in front of it.

 

[Europlex]

Pyracantha bush

 

[nickpowell77]

Thanks for the replies - some good ideas here.

Could a potential burglar still get to my telephone line through here?

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• nickpowell77
• 27 Dec 2014
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Is there anything I can do to protect this as well?

 

[Europlex]

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[Europlex]

What about the next covers either side of this one or the ones ........

Get the idea?

 

[bernardgreen]

Conceal the actual cable and install a dummy one. Connect a looped pair in the dummy to your burglar alarm as a zone. If a burglar cuts the dummy cable then the alarm will sound.

As to the inspection chamber, yes your line could be cut there.

If you are that concerned then use a monitoring service that will detect that the phone line has been cut and then take appropriate actions.

None of this will protect your property from the smash, grab and run burglars. For that you would be better to spend money on physical protection such as secure locks on doors and windows.

 

[cajar]

steel capping will protect the cable to your house.

as for the inspection cover, leave it alone, it belongs to Bt, has other lines going through it (not just yours) and these things need a gas test before opening and while working on it.

never heard of a burglar cutting the line from the inspection cover (hard to identify which is yours, and if u cut all of them you'll knock others off and attract attention in the street)

 

[sparkymarka]

Or put your hand in your pocket and pay for redcare !😃

 

[Europlex]

........ or DualCom ......... still got signalling if line cut

 

[Europlex]

Are we talking to ourselves here?

 

[cajar]

perhaps his phone line was cut after he posted and is tied to a chair in the basement as we speak

 

[stevey1983]

You could always buy a router that has both cable connection and 3G/4G sim card so if your hardwire line goes down it will switch to mobile network but the only problem you will then have is if the burglar takes down the local phone masts so maybe invest in a satellites uplink connection as backup too but then what if the burglar takes down the satellites in space?

 

[nickpowell77]

Good humour and advice, thanks to all who posted.

I had no prior experience of the BT inspection covers, so that was all good advice. You've also given me some good ideas about the exposed cable - thanks