{"id":28923,"date":"2021-10-19T17:46:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T16:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=28923"},"modified":"2021-10-22T11:34:03","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T10:34:03","slug":"yummy-rats-eat-through-openreachs-telecoms-cable-in-devon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/10\/yummy-rats-eat-through-openreachs-telecoms-cable-in-devon.html","title":{"rendered":"Yummy.. Rats Eat Through Openreach&#8217;s Telecoms Cable in Devon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Never underestimate the power of vermin with a taste for the UK&#8217;s telecoms cables. Some 1,800 of <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-46 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"openreach\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.openreach.co.uk\">Openreach<\/a>&#8217;s (<a class=\"shortlink shortlink-145\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"BT\">BT<\/a>) broadband and phone customers in North Devon (England) were cut off from their ISPs this week after rodents managed to chomp their way through one of the operator&#8217;s key cables.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Over the years we\u2019ve seen some unusual animal related events and damage occurring in the telecoms space, from swarms of <strong>Bees<\/strong> occupying street cabinets (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/07\/beedsl-swarm-of-bees-finds-home-in-openreach-uk-cabinet.html\">here<\/a>) to <strong>Badgers<\/strong> blocking access to cable ducts. But rats are also somewhat of a known hazard within the industry and should never be under-rat-ed (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/08\/cable-break-knocks-south-londons-broadband-phone-services.html\">example<\/a>), which is one reason why such cables are often armoured.<\/p>\n<p>However, sometimes vermin will have their way no matter what you do. In this case <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-46 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"openreach\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.openreach.co.uk\">Openreach<\/a>&#8217;s phone and broadband network went down on Monday in and around the Bideford, Clovelly, Hartland and Horns Cross exchange areas. Upon investigating, the operator&#8217;s engineers discovered two nasty problems.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, a key cable had clearly been damaged (eaten) by rodents and, secondly, the underground cable ducts where they needed to work were full of silt and &#8220;<em>filling with rain more quickly than we could drain them<\/em>.&#8221; Not ideal, and hopefully they have some road-dent insurance (sorry for the terrible puns).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" style=\"padding: 0px; width: 100%; border-radius: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/2021-article-illustrations\/Openreach-Rain-and-Silt-Filled-Cable-Duct.jpg\" alt=\"Openreach-Rain-and-Silt-Filled-Cable-Duct\"><\/p>\n<p>At the last update, which was posted late this afternoon, Openreach&#8217;s repair work was still ongoing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Matthew Hemmings, MD for Openreach&#8217;s Fibre and Network Delivery, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can confirm that the damage was caused by rodents and that the scale of the damage, combined with discovering that the underground cable ducts were full of silt and filling with rain more quickly than we could drain them, have made repair work extremely challenging. We now have a team of engineers and specialist equipment working around the clock to get residents and businesses back online as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d like to thank the communities affected for their patience and remind anyone experiencing any disruption with their phone or broadband service to report it to their service provider who will then inform us.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The operator is currently aiming to have everybody back online by tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Never underestimate the power of vermin with a taste for the UK&#8217;s telecoms cables. 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