In message , at 12:04:10 on Sun, 11 Apr
2021, Basil Jet remarked:
On 11/04/2021 11:46, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 10:15:18 on Sun, 11 Apr
2021, Graeme Wall remarked:

*Rather than laying a whole new cable, can't the existing cable
supplying* every house be used?

Not enough capacity and doesn't necessarily go where you think it would.

I've lived in two village now where about half the houses are
[still] supplied by 240v wiring on poles, which looks a bit like
phone cables, unless you know better.

Can Mr Google's Streetview Emporium back you up on that?

Another village, where I didn't end up living, (phone on the left, power
on the right) to answer both at once:

https://goo.gl/maps/wkbMByMYQzMx17Yw8
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Roland Perry