Coming down from ladder heights, contact with the ground needing avoidance.... Some people have an understandable fear of that, but if ye
can work around that...
I had my telephone worked on by an engineer yesterday. I think he is on
a good job for life, a youngster barely out of school that had the wits
to learn a job of climbing poles and joining fibre.
He is going to visit thousands of properties, 3 to 4 jobs a day.
So when someone moans that AI is gonna replace all kinds of skilled jobs
and render us all gormless, this is possibly one that won't be replaced.
Well, until a full bodied humanoid turns up, that has got over his fascination with Sarah Connor, and would like to deal with you next ....
Coming down from ladder heights, contact with the ground needing >avoidance.... Some people have an understandable fear of that, but if
ye can work around that...
So when someone moans that AI is gonna replace all kinds of skilled
jobs and render us all gormless, this is possibly one that won't be >replaced.
Well, until a full bodied humanoid turns up, that has got over his >fascination with Sarah Connor, and would like to deal with you next ....
But I think that means BT will be super-keen to rip it all out ASAP,
the standard install of fibre now either comes in from underground, or
if it's overhead they bring it down to ground-level and if necessary
take it back up again, so that any future visit will not require use of >ladders.
There may be other reasons for BT (or more likely Open Reach) wanting to
rip out the copper. A several of years ago, some calculated (I've not >double checked the figures), that the amount of copper that BT owned was >more than its stock market capitalisation.
Adrian
Coming down from ladder heights, contact with the ground needing >avoidance.... Some people have an understandable fear of that, but if
ye can work around that...
I had my telephone worked on by an engineer yesterday. I think he is on
a good job for life, a youngster barely out of school that had the wits
to learn a job of climbing poles and joining fibre.
He's not an enchineer , he's a telegraph linesman .
There was a forest of telephone poles used to train them near where I
jbexed .
Coming down from ladder heights, contact with the ground needing avoidance.... Some people have an understandable fear of that, but if ye
can work around that...
I had my telephone worked on by an engineer yesterday. I think he is on
a good job for life, a youngster barely out of school that had the wits
to learn a job of climbing poles and joining fibre.
He is going to visit thousands of properties, 3 to 4 jobs a day.
So when someone moans that AI is gonna replace all kinds of skilled jobs
and render us all gormless, this is possibly one that won't be replaced.
Well, until a full bodied humanoid turns up, that has got over his fascination with Sarah Connor, and would like to deal with you next ....
brian wrote:
He's not an enchineer , he's a telegraph linesman .
Beattie called then 'technicians' my friend is a 'T2A'
There was a forest of telephone poles used to train them near where I
jbexed .
On 17/06/2026 15:21, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
Coming down from ladder heights, contact with the ground needingWhy a "full bodied humanoid"? It shouldn't be too difficult to design
avoidance.... Some people have an understandable fear of that, but if
ye can work around that...
I had my telephone worked on by an engineer yesterday. I think he is
on a good job for life, a youngster barely out of school that had the
wits to learn a job of climbing poles and joining fibre.
He is going to visit thousands of properties, 3 to 4 jobs a day.
So when someone moans that AI is gonna replace all kinds of skilled
jobs and render us all gormless, this is possibly one that won't be
replaced.
Well, until a full bodied humanoid turns up, that has got over his
fascination with Sarah Connor, and would like to deal with you next
....
a robot which you clamp around a pole near ground level, which then
climbs up and splices/replaces the fibre optic cable with minimal
human intervention.
On 17/06/2026 15:21, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
Coming down from ladder heights, contact with the ground needingWhy a "full bodied humanoid"? It shouldn't be too difficult to design a >robot which you clamp around a pole near ground level, which then climbs
avoidance.... Some people have an understandable fear of that, but if ye
can work around that...
I had my telephone worked on by an engineer yesterday. I think he is on
a good job for life, a youngster barely out of school that had the wits
to learn a job of climbing poles and joining fibre.
He is going to visit thousands of properties, 3 to 4 jobs a day.
So when someone moans that AI is gonna replace all kinds of skilled jobs
and render us all gormless, this is possibly one that won't be replaced.
Well, until a full bodied humanoid turns up, that has got over his
fascination with Sarah Connor, and would like to deal with you next ....
up and splices/replaces the fibre optic cable with minimal human >intervention.
On Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:10:15 +0100, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
On 17/06/2026 15:21, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
Coming down from ladder heights, contact with the ground needingWhy a "full bodied humanoid"? It shouldn't be too difficult to design a >robot which you clamp around a pole near ground level, which then climbs >up and splices/replaces the fibre optic cable with minimal human >intervention.
avoidance.... Some people have an understandable fear of that, but if ye >> can work around that...
I had my telephone worked on by an engineer yesterday. I think he is on >> a good job for life, a youngster barely out of school that had the wits >> to learn a job of climbing poles and joining fibre.
He is going to visit thousands of properties, 3 to 4 jobs a day.
So when someone moans that AI is gonna replace all kinds of skilled jobs >> and render us all gormless, this is possibly one that won't be replaced. >>
Well, until a full bodied humanoid turns up, that has got over his
fascination with Sarah Connor, and would like to deal with you next .... >>
Why go to all that trouble? (Although I admit that it might be fun to
watch.) A flying drone with robot arms that extend beyond the reach of
the rotors would be simpler and cheaper, wouldn't it?
There may be other reasons for BT (or more likely Open Reach) wanting to
rip out the copper.-a A several of years ago, some calculated (I've not double checked the figures), that the amount of copper that BT owned was more than its stock market capitalisation.
In message <110ubjp$1u5h5$1@andyburns.eternal-september.org>, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> writes
But I think that means BT will be super-keen to rip it all out ASAP,
the standard install of fibre now either comes in from underground, or
if it's overhead they bring it down to ground-level and if necessary
take it back up again, so that any future visit will not require use of
ladders.
There may be other reasons for BT (or more likely Open Reach) wanting to
rip out the copper. A several of years ago, some calculated (I've not
double checked the figures), that the amount of copper that BT owned was
more than its stock market capitalisation.
Which bright spark chose to privatise?
On Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:57:11 -0000 (UTC), RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
Which bright spark chose to privatise?
That would be Maggie Thatcher, the last of the real men.
On Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:10:15 +0100, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:
On 17/06/2026 15:21, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
Coming down from ladder heights, contact with the ground needingWhy a "full bodied humanoid"? It shouldn't be too difficult to design a
avoidance.... Some people have an understandable fear of that, but if ye >>> can work around that...
I had my telephone worked on by an engineer yesterday. I think he is on
a good job for life, a youngster barely out of school that had the wits
to learn a job of climbing poles and joining fibre.
He is going to visit thousands of properties, 3 to 4 jobs a day.
So when someone moans that AI is gonna replace all kinds of skilled jobs >>> and render us all gormless, this is possibly one that won't be replaced. >>>
Well, until a full bodied humanoid turns up, that has got over his
fascination with Sarah Connor, and would like to deal with you next .... >>>
robot which you clamp around a pole near ground level, which then climbs
up and splices/replaces the fibre optic cable with minimal human
intervention.
Why go to all that trouble? (Although I admit that it might be fun to
watch.) A flying drone with robot arms that extend beyond the reach of
the rotors would be simpler and cheaper, wouldn't it?
Adrian Caspersz wrote:
Coming down from ladder heights, contact with the ground needing
avoidance.... Some people have an understandable fear of that, but if ye
can work around that...
I'm still OK up to eaves height, but to think I used to move from a propped-up ladder onto a roof ladder and fix my own aerials to the
chimbley ... no not any more!
I had my telephone worked on by an engineer yesterday. I think he is on
a good job for life, a youngster barely out of school that had the wits
to learn a job of climbing poles and joining fibre.
He is going to visit thousands of properties, 3 to 4 jobs a day.
So when someone moans that AI is gonna replace all kinds of skilled jobs
and render us all gormless, this is possibly one that won't be replaced.
Well, until a full bodied humanoid turns up, that has got over his
fascination with Sarah Connor, and would like to deal with you next ....
One of my schoolmates has only ever jbexed for BT since leaving in the
5th form, in his early 60s still up poles and down holes every day, not
many of his generation left within BT that know the ins and outs of
copper, most have retired. His patch gets wider and wider as his
colleagues reduce in number.
But I think that means BT will be super-keen to rip it all out ASAP, the standard install of fibre now either comes in from underground, or if
it's overhead they bring it down to ground-level and if necessary take
it back up again, so that any future visit will not require use of
ladders.
On Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:57:11 -0000 (UTC), RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
Which bright spark chose to privatise?
That would be Maggie Thatcher, the last of the real men.
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