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FTTP broadband - anxious

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Worriedone22 · 28/08/2022 12:41

Hello all,

I have had FTTP (fibre to the premises) broadband installed this week. I have also had a recurring mild heachache since the day the broadband was installed. It is quite unusual for me to have headaches so I was trying to think what the link may be.

I know this may sound crazy but I have got myself quite anxious that the headache is related to the fibre cables they put it. Is this a mad thought? I fully accept I could be sounding a bit OTT here but I thought best to write and check than worry even more of the weekend about this. Did anyone else notice headaches when they went from copper to fibre cables? It may be just coincidental.

Is fibre broadband safe or at least as safe as the copper wires?

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Speakintoabrickwall · 28/08/2022 16:50

😂

CaptainBeakyandhisband · 28/08/2022 17:00

I think you best don a tin foil hat and let us know if it makes a difference…

BoredWithLife · 28/08/2022 17:22

Fibre cables literally just have pulses of light in them - just light, nothing else - there's nothing that could possibly be unsafe or causing your headaches...

Worriedone22 · 28/08/2022 18:30

Thank you @BoredWithLife That is reassuring to know. I was googling but not techy at all and just making myself more anxious. Thank you I appreciate your response!

I know I sound like a crazy one @CaptainBeakyandhisband I have just really worked myself up about this ( even when I rationalise and know I am being ridiculous). My headache started the evening it was installed. Maybe I am losing my marbles!

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