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The recent dispute between residents in the seaside town of Southport (Merseyside) and Openreach<\/a> reached UK parliament yesterday, with the local Conservative MP, Damien Moore, claiming that an alleged “whistleblower<\/em>” had revealed that the broadband builder was sidestepping its own rules on pole deployments.<\/p>\n

In case anybody missed the previous developments (here<\/a>). Openreach<\/a>’s efforts to deploy a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises<\/strong> (FTTP<\/a>) broadband ISP network in part of the town recently became the latest of many such builds, by lots of different network operators, to run into a conflict with local residents who object to the use of c.9 metre high wood poles to run the new fibre.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> Poles are a common sight across much of the UK (Openreach<\/a> alone has built 4 million of them) and can be built under Permitted Development<\/strong> (PD) rights with only minimal prior notice. We recommend reading the Revised Cabinet and Pole Siting Code of Practice Nov 2016<\/a>.<\/div>\n

Openreach are using poles in the area because they don’t have existing ducts to use, only direct buried cables. However, despite being significantly cheaper, less disruptive and quicker to deploy than running new trenches down pavements, poles also have a tendency to rub people up the wrong way. This is particularly true when they’re deployed along streets that haven’t previously had them before, or where too many poles already exist.<\/p>\n

People who complain often focus on their negative visual appearance, as well as concerns about exposure to damage from major storms (example<\/a>), the lack of effective prior consultation or engineers that fail to follow safety rules while building (examples here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The problem for network operators is that the high cost of trenching means poles often make the difference between an area getting a competitive full fibre network or being skipped, which can result in an awkward patchwork of network coverage. Openreach’s ability to deploy poles also impacts other network operators, since rivals can also access them to run their own competitive fibre network via the regulated PIA product.<\/p>\n

What happened in the House of Commons<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The latest development from Southport is particularly notable because the local Conservative MP, Damien Moore<\/strong>, has now raised the case in parliament<\/a> and made some strong accusations against Openreach’s conduct in the town. Moore also called upon the operator to “put a pause on all activity … where it cannot be confirmed that it has adhered to its own policies and procedures<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

Damien Moore MP said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“According to a whistleblower allegedly within Openreach, the transition to overhead cabling has on too many occasions appeared to be proceeding without sufficient consultation with key stakeholders and, more importantly, local residents. Regrettably, in my constituency of Southport, it would appear that Openreach has sidestepped its own procedures for gaining community agreement, disrespecting the will of local residents.<\/p>\n

I call on the Leader of the House to request that the relevant Minister make a statement on these practices by Openreach. It is imperative that we ensure Openreach\u2019s strict adherence to its own policies and legal responsibilities, particularly if those were taken into account when it was awarded the contract. I also urge the Leader of the House to urge the Minister to put a pause on all activity by Openreach where it cannot be confirmed that it has adhered to its own policies and procedures.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In response, Penny Mordaunt MP pledged to “ensure that the Secretary of State has heard what he has said … I will write on his behalf and ask that an official from the Department gets in touch with his office swiftly<\/em>.” But it’s currently unclear whether such action will result in any practical or wider changes.<\/p>\n

Openreach has denied the accusations and said they “engaged extensively<\/em>” with residents in the affected area and “explored every possible option for the build<\/em>“, while also working to “position any new poles sensitively<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Openreach said (BBC<\/a>):<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We know some people feel strongly about poles and understand why. However, to say we haven’t engaged with local residents is simply not true.<\/p>\n

Wherever possible we use existing network to build our broadband upgrades, but in Southport cables are mainly buried direct in the ground.<\/p>\n

The scale and cost of civil engineering to install new underground ducts throughout the area just isn’t viable and would involve months of road closures and disruptions.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The operator also makes the very valid point that Southport<\/strong> currently has poor coverage of gigabit-capable broadband (Virgin Media<\/a> has the most coverage, but only across around 20% of the town) and thus halting the build would indeed “deprive thousands of other local people who want the new technology<\/em>“. Interestingly, a quick look at forward build plans for the area suggests that there’s actually not a lot of activity currently taking place or planned for the near future, but that may because some of it is done under PD rights.<\/p>\n

As we’ve said before, local authorities are limited in their powers to stop such work and the UK government remains unlikely to pay much heed to any attempts to restrict it – any limitations on such builds would seriously damage their own targets for digital infrastructure under Project Gigabit (i.e. “nationwide<\/em>” (c.99%) gigabit broadband coverage by 2030).<\/p>\n

Lest we also forget that quite a lot of people would still be happy to see poles if it meant they could access more affordable full fibre broadband, but such voices are often drowned out by vocal campaigners. On the other hand, there’s a General Election looming and, as similar complaints grow, politicians may need to do more than merely play lip service to the issue. Suffice to say, there’s a very difficult balancing act to be performed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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