Muswell Hill FTTC planning refused

Colin Burns · Sep 22, 2009, 18:03:09

as the local councils budgets get reduced its going to happen more and more.

Rik · Sep 22, 2009, 18:03:37

Nice thought for all of us, Colin.

Colin Burns · Sep 22, 2009, 18:05:01

Yup should be interesting to see how long my Contract at work will last due to evil cut backs

Sebby · Sep 22, 2009, 19:34:26

Bin cupboards... Bright idea.

Technical Ben · Sep 22, 2009, 21:38:57

It's hard to make most things rat proof. But most good seals/doors and brick walls would do. Things I guess BT cannot afford, or don't think are worth investing in, like the infrastructure in general.

Simon · Sep 22, 2009, 21:45:59

Are you sure they're rats, not hamsters? Filligree, even?

Sebby · Sep 22, 2009, 22:38:39

axisofevil · Sep 22, 2009, 22:39:01

Quote from: Rik on Sep 22, 2009, 17:30:35
I was talking to a BT engineer this morning. They are, apparently, getting an increase in rat damage to cables at distribution points which, in Milton Keynes, are often put in bin cupboards...

They put rats in bins?

Rik · Sep 23, 2009, 09:29:00

It saves them having to find their own way in.

Technical Ben · Sep 23, 2009, 18:04:14

I suppose BT are thinking forward... putting the copper in the bin ahead of time. :I'll get my coat smiley:

Rik · Sep 23, 2009, 18:06:27

dujas · Oct 08, 2009, 14:09:14

For those in Muswell Hill lucky enough to not have their cabinet planning application rejected, it's quite a speed boost:

QuoteThat first customer was an existing TalkTalk subscriber and it took us about three hours to convert their current copper-based ADSL connection to fibre-based VDSL one. Obviously, it's only been live for a few days but the lucky first customer has gone from an average download speed of 5.3Mbps to 32Mbps! Encouraged by this result, we went on to connect two more customers with another following later today.

Source

Rik · Oct 08, 2009, 14:10:43

Gimme, gimme.

Sebby · Oct 09, 2009, 13:41:23

I didn't know you were a Britney Spears fan, Rik.