what is an OR Pole ( telecoms ?)

[ADONAI]

HI
Communal grass area near my house , some workmen have sprayed a 2 metre square with the words "OR Pole" -what does it refer to ?

thanks

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[Adam_151]

I expect its OpenReach, formally BTopenreach. The spun off arm of British Telecom who maintain a lot of the physical infrastructure that other ISPs provide your internet over (although NTL/Virgin media have always had their own, and there seems to be a lot of other firms operating a fibre network now, such as city fibre)

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

HI
Communal grass area near my house , some workmen have sprayed a 2 metre square with the words "OR Pole" -what does it refer to ?

thanks

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It probably means, that the plan is to place an Open Reach pole there, in the not too distant future.