MS urges Openreach to shore up Wi-Fi cables ahead of winter storms

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00:00You will, of course, remember the Daraa storm and the impact of that storm on many of our communities.

00:06It was a storm that caused thousands of businesses and businesses to lose their phone and internet connections,

00:13and in its wake, the Llywyndurys community lost their phones and Wi-Fi for over three days.

00:20Since then, the communities, or that community, have abandoned their homes

00:26and have seen that the poles surrounding the whole of Polion in the Bregis area

00:31have been pushed through the rocks at the end of the road.

00:35The danger is that when the next storm comes, these poles will break

00:40because they have been pushed through the rocks,

00:44but it is obvious that it is very unlikely that we will be able to cross poles in the middle of a storm,

00:49so it would be much better to do this conservation and conservation work ahead.

00:54This is true in communities across Wales.

00:57Can you talk to Openreach to ensure that they are doing this conservation work

01:03over the summer to address problems when the storm comes in the future?

01:24Can you fix the roof while the sun is shining over the summer?