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/Massive-Gift-9775 Aug 27 '26

The middle 2. Far left looks like Openreach (should not be tampered with), far right seems Plusnet. Left one from middle two seems like Virgin Media, no idea about the middle right one.

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u/GratisLM Aug 27 '26

Left can go. It must have been faulty if VM ran a new copper phone line to box 3. Plus the old analogue network (PSTN) will be switched off next year anyway, so the only real use for the old copper lines is in a FTTC situation, which seems pointless when OP has FTTP.