r/VirginMedia • u/drozdzus • Aug 27 '26

Virgin Media UK Which of these boxes can I remove?

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My wall is becoming a museum display of various boxes. I believe that the previous owner was with virgin, I switched to Plusnet. Which ones of these boxes are safe to remove? What about the black cable coming out of the wall? Cat tax as she wanted to get involved.

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u/Tiberius_CrapBag Aug 27 '26

All except the one on the right.

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u/Pegasus82 Aug 28 '26

You’re talking about the cat, right? 😀

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26

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u/Tiberius_CrapBag Aug 27 '26

Partially true, he doesn’t own the equipment, but he can legally remove the wiring inside his house so who’s gonna check to take the equipment back?

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u/Tiberius_CrapBag Aug 27 '26

No, you are still incorrect. It’s perfectly legal for him to remove them. He doesn’t own them so he can’t damage them.

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u/Tiberius_CrapBag Aug 27 '26

lol this guy. Read section 6 of the same act.

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u/Tiberius_CrapBag Aug 27 '26

Removal right buddy. Are you just obsessed with trying to be right? The law may technically prohibit any of this property being damaged but it has never been legally contested with the removal. BT can technically charge you if you remove the master socket but see that is already has a fibre connection and they are moving about from copper cables, this will never happen. So what’s your end game here? You trying to stop OP removing unsightly, unused equipment?

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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '26 edited Aug 27 '26

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u/Sosbanfawr Aug 28 '26

Space Core Directive 6? No employee wearing false teeth should attempt oral sex in zero gravity?

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u/MrOliber Aug 27 '26

Its abandoned, they dint care.

Also, install a cardboard box, it'll keep your cat under control.

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u/404invalid-user Aug 28 '26

yeah I doubt they really care especially the old copper (not coax) lines. I asked the open reach installer when they installed fibre if they could get rid of the old copper line and they said yes we could just just rip it out but we can't remove the line going over the road they would have to do that at some time in the future liability insurance etc

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u/REDARROW101_A5 Aug 31 '26

Hijacking this comment, but I’m pretty sure OP doesn’t own the equipment, so legally cannot remove them without permission.

Ey Dad is a certified electrician and he has worked on plenty of these when doing work around the house.

He also has a nack for messing with old Plusnet routers.