Stupid internet / phone / electrical cable question

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  1. Sup

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    At work we've got a cable comes out of the ground outside and into the building. It disappears behind a wall so can't really be easily traced. The cable says fibre optic on it and has a picture of a telephone on it too but BT (who provide our phone line and internet) say it's nothing to do with them.

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    Could be Yorkshire Cable who were swallowed up by Virgin Media.
     
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    As far as I know we've never had any supplier other than BT but you could be right. Looks like I'm doing a bit of literal digging tomorrow doesn't it
     
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    Didn't NTL take over Yorkshire Cable who then became Virgin?
     
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    Wasn't it blue yonder?
     
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    Or telewest?
     
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    Does it say CAT5 or CAT6 on it?
     
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    Chances are it's an old line that's potentially been terminated, you might have a white master socket somewhere in the building with no connections and it might have a number on it which you could trace back to find the provider.
     
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