Teleco contractor doing a pole inventory and safety check

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Gordy7

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#302507 28-Nov-2022 12:56

@chorusnz Sorry could not see a specific forum for Chorus.

Heard a guy from Teleco working outside my place in Wairoa.

He was measuring, testing(for public safety) and tagging an unused Chorus pole.

I am guessing the pole is about 22 years old and was installed when my house was built.

All the pole is doing is holding up the street end of a Chorus line.

The underground line from the pole to my house was disconnected when fibre (undeground) was installed - on the opposite corners of my property.

I asked if the pole was going to be removed.... 'not my job'.

Nearest overhead fibre is more than 50 to 100m away in either direction.

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#3002634 28-Nov-2022 14:12

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#3002677 28-Nov-2022 16:10

Odds are good that pole won't be going anywhere unless it's marked as an actual hazard, @chorusnz might be able to clarify on how you could go about requesting it be removed though.

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#3002681 28-Nov-2022 16:20

toejam316:

Odds are good that pole won't be going anywhere unless it's marked as an actual hazard, @chorusnz might be able to clarify on how you could go about requesting it be removed though.

Not worried about getting the Chorus pole removed. Was just curious as to whether the now redundant pole might be removed.

I have a large concrete power pole in the middle of my frontage that feeds underground power to my house.

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#3002740 28-Nov-2022 16:59

Gordy7:
Heard a guy from Teleco working outside my place in Wairoa.

[...]

Nearest overhead fibre is more than 50 to 100m away in either direction.

Please phrase your question in the form of a question.

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#3002744 28-Nov-2022 17:05

neb:
Gordy7:

Heard a guy from Teleco working outside my place in Wairoa.

[...]

Nearest overhead fibre is more than 50 to 100m away in either direction.

Please phrase your question in the form of a question.

An observation 😀

The pole is redundant for copper and unlikely to be used for future proofing fibre... unless Chorus has other plans.

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#3002747 28-Nov-2022 17:22

It costs money to remove, far better to leave it for the future when it is dangerous

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#3002758 28-Nov-2022 18:18

Chorus removed a few of their poles in our neighborhood after they were made redundant. Spent perhaps 6 months as a bare pole before they were removed

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#3002799 28-Nov-2022 20:31

floydbloke:

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Too late, he said the pole has been tagged, so they know about it now :(

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#3002804 28-Nov-2022 20:43

What colour tag. 22 years is not old for a pole

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#3002938 29-Nov-2022 08:34

larknz: What colour tag. 22 years is not old for a pole

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