As the UK continues to move to a full fibre future, the government and internet providers are being urged to consider alternatives before adding to the country’s existing forest of more than 4 million ...

Ms Feeney explained: "In some parts of the country, telegraph wires are not uncommon. "But Garforth was built as an open estate, and the idea was that everything would be underground, so it tended ...

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Ever since he was young Martin Evans has enjoyed looking at telegraph poles. "It's the aesthetic of them, and the beauty of seeing them on the landscape," said the 63-year-old from near Tregaron ...

UK government calls on comms firms to limit installation of telegraph poles: After public demonstrations, minister urges communications industry to ‘do whatever it takes’ to share existing ...

But after 1900, telegraph poles were so common that this reporter found not one but two reports of men falling asleep on top of them. (In both stories, the men had been drinking.) ...

Occasionally, poles may bear letters etched into them. As per OpenReach, letters such as 'PO' or 'BT' denote the owner of the pole - the Post Office or British Telecom, for instance.

Macon artists stand next to a new Peace Pole at the Atrium Health Amphitheater; each artist painted one side of the pole. The pole was dedicated by the Macon Rotary Club. Courtesy Macon Rotary Club ...

Installation of telegraph poles in England and Wales falls under a permitted planning statutory instrument derived from the Town and Country Planning Order 2015 that means construction can ...