{"id":40780,"date":"2025-02-01T00:01:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T00:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=40780"},"modified":"2025-01-31T22:43:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T22:43:26","slug":"openreach-reveals-storm-eowyn-badly-damaged-over-500-uk-telecoms-poles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/02\/openreach-reveals-storm-eowyn-badly-damaged-over-500-uk-telecoms-poles.html","title":{"rendered":"Openreach Reveal Storm Eowyn Badly Damaged Over 500 UK Telecoms Poles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Network access provider Openreach<\/a> (BT<\/a>) has revealed that Storm \u00c9owyn (pronounced \u2018Ay-oh-win<\/em>\u2019), which violently struck the United Kingdom at the end of last week on Friday 24th January 2025 (here<\/a> and here<\/a>), has so far left more than 500 broadband \/ telecoms poles “badly damaged<\/em>“, with reports continuing to come in.<\/p>\n

The storm, which was the result of explosive cyclogenesis (aka \u2013 a weather bomb), focused most of its destructive energy on Ireland, Northern Ireland, Northern parts of Wales and Scotland. Record wind speeds of up to 114mph were even recorded in some of the worst hit areas and Openreach<\/a>, as well as other network operators, are still in the process of repairing the damage it caused.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> Openreach has over 4 million poles deployed across the UK and, based on past reports, it’s not uncommon for c.100-300 to be damaged during a major storm. But 500+ from a single event is fairly rare.<\/div>\n

Such storms do have an impact on fixed broadband and mobile connectivity, which can be caused by a variety of different factors from storm damage (wind, floods etc.) to power outages and power surges (lightning) etc. Such things, when occurring over a wide area, can impact network capacity, stability and performance. Naturally, responding to this can put a strain on resources and so repairs sometimes take longer than usual, while other work (new provisions) in the same areas may often be delayed.<\/p>\n

The latest data from Openreach reveals that the operator saw a 1400% increase in public contacts on the day that Storm \u00c9owyn struck, compared with a typical day. In addition, the sheer force of the storm, and so many falling trees, has left more than 500 poles badly damaged, with reports continuing to come in.<\/p>\n

Openreach has previously informed ISPreview that it typically takes around 20 days to fix damaged poles (here<\/a>). But pole repairs can also depend upon wider issues of road permits\/permissions, availability of engineering resources, site safety, the level of local damage and delays from power companies (where relevant) etc.<\/p>\n

Openreach Statement on Storm \u00c9owyn Pole Damage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Replacing poles is one of the most complex jobs we do. It needs specialist equipment and engineers, specific safety measures, and often permissions for road closures with temporary traffic lights. In some areas, we\u2019re replacing multiple poles making the whole process even more time-consuming.<\/p>\n

Why do we use poles rather than burying every cable underground? It\u2019s a lot to do with the economics, but also the disruption to communities that digging underground ducts entails. It\u2019s not just hugely expensive to build networks underground, it also means far more road works and closures, bringing communities to a standstill.<\/p>\n

We want to deliver a fast, reliable and \u2013 crucially – affordable service to millions of homes and businesses \u2013 and that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing. Our network has hundreds of competing service providers offering a big choice of products and services, and we\u2019re constantly innovating to deliver the most resilient infrastructure possible in the most efficient way.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also worth bearing in mind that underground networks aren\u2019t immune from extreme weather events like flooding.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Suffice to say, we’ve seen before how homes in remote rural areas have sometimes been left to wait for up to 8-12 weeks before repairs take place to poles, although such cases are rare. However, in urban areas, resolving a downed pole may only be a matter of hours or just a few short days. Hopefully there won’t be too many cases like the former this winter, but there are usually a few like that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has revealed that Storm \u00c9owyn (pronounced \u2018Ay-oh-win\u2019), which violently struck the United Kingdom at the end of last week on Friday 24th January 2025 (here and here), has so far left more than 500 broadband \/ telecoms poles “badly damaged“, with reports continuing to come in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-40780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-bt-openreach"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview\/113925700336456624","error":""},"yoast_head":"\nOpenreach Reveal Storm Eowyn Badly Damaged Over 500 UK Telecoms Poles - ISPreview UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Network access provider Openreach (BT) has revealed that Storm \u00c9owyn (pronounced \u2018Ay-oh-win\u2019), which violently struck the United Kingdom at the end of\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/02\/openreach-reveals-storm-eowyn-badly-damaged-over-500-uk-telecoms-poles.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Openreach Reveal Storm Eowyn Badly Damaged Over 500 UK Telecoms Poles - 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