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Kai Hendry wrote: > Do you know the people who have tried and failed? I would like to > perhaps talk to them... > > On 2008-07-29T13:08+0100 Simon Waters wrote: > >> I suspect the economics of tapping in are against you unless there is a >> lot of dark fibre down there. Also it may be fibre all the way to some >> very expensive kit for terminating transatlantic fibre in London. Still, >> it doesn't hurt to ask. >> > > Yes, I am still trying to find out who to ask... :/ > > I called land registry and they passed me onto the > Devon and Cornwall county council switchboard, then > "land searches", then > NCDC "land searches" who said > I should come down to Barn Lane, Bodmin to look through planning > applications as they don't have it computerised. > > I also contacted the Highways Agency. They said they would get back to > me. This could be really tricky as I distantly recall in Australia, a > LUV member (http://www.luv.asn.au/) knew where lines were laid. But he > said it's often secret information so no one knows easily what's what. > Someone must know where they are so they don't accidently get damaged during any building or other work, for electrical cable there has to be markers in place (tape for example) to warn people of buried cables, Paul -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html